No. 344.
Sir Edward
Thornton to Mr. Fish.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 24th instant and to express my great regret that it has been out of my power as yet to give a positive answer to your question with regard to the political position of Labrador. I can, however, assure you that the delay has not been caused by any neglect on the part of this legation.
From information which I have received this morning, I am now enabled to state positively that the whole of Labrador outside of the province of Quebec, the boundary of which is laid down in the imperial statute, 6 George IV, ch. 59, is under the jurisdiction and government of the colony of Newfoundland, and is actually included in and forms a part of the colony.
I have, &c.,