48 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [46] 
57. Is hook and line fishing as productive as it used to be, and what 
number or weight would be an average day’s result ? 
58. If hook and line fishing for smelts has been abandoned with you, 
or has become less productive than formerly, state how long ago it was 
abandoned or when the yield began to fail, and give reasons therefor if 
you can. 
59. If any of the weirs, pounds, nets, seines, &c., mentioned by you 
as being used in the smelt fishing catch other fish, please to state which 
kinds ef implements, and what other kinds of tish they catch, and which 
are the most important. 
60. Can you make an estimate of the number of smelts caught, or the 
number of pounds’ weight, by each sort of implement mentioned, in a 
year, and the total annual catch of the district you are speaking about, 
within the same limits as given by you in the answer to question num- 
ber 48 ? 
I.—Markets and consumption. 
61. What proportion of the smelts caught are sold and what propor- 
tion consumed by the fishermen ? 
62. To what market or anarkets are those sold mostly Sent ? 
63. How are they prepared for market ? 
64. In what sort of packages are they sent ? 
65. What prices do they bring? How do these prices compare with 
those of former years ? 
66. To what extent are smelts used as bait for other fish ? 
J.—Sources of information. 
67. To what extent is the above information drawn from your personal 
experience and observation? Please to state what opportunities you 
have had for observation. 
68. Can you name any persons who have made a study of the habits 
of smelts or collected any statistics in reference to them, or any fishermen 
who have kept records of their business ? 
69. Are there any published statements that bear on this subject ? 
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