Upon full consideration of all these circumstances, their Lordships proposed, that _all plantations in Newfoundland should be discouraged_; and, in order thereunto, that the commander of the convoy should have commission to declare to all the planters, to come voluntarily away; or else that the western charter should, from time to time, be put in execution; by which charter all planters were forbid to inhabit within six miles of the shore, from Cape _Race_, to Cape _Bonavista_. Their Lordships further proposed, that the _additional rules_, settled on the 10th of March, 1670, should be observed, and that the mayors of the western ports should be required to renew their charter accordingly. This report, from the Lords of the committee of council for trade and plantations was approved by his majesty, and order was thereupon given for carrying into effectual execution, what was there recommended. In viewing these transactions we plainly discover the two contending interests in the Newfoundland trade; the one that of the planters and inhabitants, the other that of the adventurers and merchants; and we shall see, in the course of this history, that according to the views of these different description of persons, representations were at various times made to the government at home, for promoting or opposing regulations and establishments in the island. [Sidenote: Sir John Berry’s Advice.] An occasion soon offered for shewing this spirit. Sir John Berry was appointed to command the convoy for the ships trading to Newfoundland; and in pursuance of a special order of council of the 15th of April 1675, this commander laid before the committee of council for trade the state of Newfoundland, as he found it, in relation as well to the _planters_ and _inhabitants_, as to the _western adventurers_; and it is worth remarking how different is the account given by this commander, from that lately made by the adventurers, and which had induced the committee of council to report in the terms we have just heard. He says, that several disorders, attributed to the planters, were chiefly occasioned by the adventurers’ ships—That the inhabitants never sold their fish to those of _New England_ for wine and brandy.—That the adventurers’ men pulled down the stages, and store-houses:—And, that it was _their_ fault, that the seamen were seduced to stay in the country, for it was to save _thirty shillings for their passages_. This letter was read at the committee in the presence of several persons, who appeared there in behalf of the west country merchants, and who complained of the encouragement _Sir John Berry_ had given the planters, contrary to his majesty’s orders, and to the certain ruin of the adventurers’ trade, for such would follow from the continuance of the inhabitants and bye boat-keepers. Upon which the Lords advised them to settle the _additional rules_, allowed by his majesty; and this, some time after, was accordingly put in execution.