Barwise to Granville

Some gentlemen with whom I am connected are about establishing
an association for the purpose of developing the Salmon
Fisheries in British Columbia, more particularily for the
curing, drying and preserving the fish in the Frasier River
and its tributaries.

May I be allowed to ask if your Lordship's Department can grant
such an association any assistance, or privilege of Fishing in
the said waters, and can in any way conduce to the developement
of this productive source of Colonial Industry at present
entirely neglected.