Context: By 1620, the fishermen of England's West Country controlled most of Newfoundland's east coast. In 1627, William Payne, called St. John's "the principal prime and chief lot in all the whole country". The population grew slowly in the 17th century and St. John's was the largest settlement in Newfoundland when English naval officers began to take censuses around 1675. The population would grow in the summers with the arrival of migratory fishermen. In 1680, fishing ships (mostly from South Devon) set up fishing rooms at St. John's, bringing hundreds of Irish men into the port to operate inshore fishing boats.

Question: Who referred St. John's as St. "the principal prime and chief lot in all the whole country" ? 
Answer: William Payne

Question: When did censuses start being conducted in St. John's?
Answer: 1675

Question: When did Irish men begin to operate inshore fishing boats in St. John's?
Answer: 1680

Question: What grew during the summers in St. John's?
Answer: population

Question: Who controlled most of Newfoundland's east coast by 1620?
Answer: fishermen

Question: Who controlled the east coast of Newfoundland in the 16th century?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What did William Payne call St. Johns in the 16th century?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What grew slowly in the 1700's?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who started taking censuses in the 16th century?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What caused the population to decrease in the summer?
Answer: Unanswerable