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the old hostility of which has been further aggravated to a degree 

 which must end in depriving us of the markets which that country has 

 long afforded us. 



We therefore humbly pray that means may be adopted to cause 

 the Treaties in question to be carried out in their integrity, by the 

 establishment of a suitable protective force; and that in any future 

 Treaties with Spain and Portugal, efforts may be made to procure a 

 reduction of the duties on fish in those countries. 



Ordered, To be engrossed. 



Extracts from the Journal of the Legislative Assembly of Nova 



Scotia, 1852. 



APPENDIX No. 25. 



Report of Mr. Paul Crowcll upon the fisheries in the British 



Colonies. 



[February 10, 1852.] 

 To the Honorable JAMES B. UNIACKE. 



DEAR SIR : Agreeably to your request, I submit for your considera- 

 tion, my remarks respecting the fisheries in the British colonies. 



From the first of July to the latter part of August the American 

 fishermen seldom resort to the harbors on the south side of Nova 

 Scotia for shelter, as they generally take their bait on the banks, 

 which extend from George's Shoal to Sable Island Bank, Banke 

 Quereau, Green Bank, &c. To these banks the American vessels 

 resort earl} 7 in the season, often taking two fares of codfish by the 

 latter part of July. 



These break the schools of fish that are making their way toward 

 the shore soundings, which I think is the cause of the failure of 

 the shore fisheries. From 1812 to 1818 fish were found more abun- 

 dant about the shores of Nova Scotia than they have been since. A 

 large portion of these vessels, after making one or two voyages of 

 codfish, proceed to the Bay de Chaleur, from the east point of Prince 

 Edward s Island to Shippegan Cape, Gaspe, the entrance of the 

 St. Lawrence, as far as Point Demont's, and the Seven Islands, in- 

 cluding Orphan Bank, Bradelle Bank, the coast about the Magdalen 

 Islands, and the north side of Cape Breton. These comprise the 

 chief fishing grounds for American vessels. The harbors to which 

 they chiefly resort are the Strait of Canso, Port Hood, Sea Wolf 

 Island, St. Peters, New London, Richmond, Cascumpeque, Shippe- 

 gan. Miscow, Gaspe, Seven Islands, Magdalen Islands, &c., &c. The 

 mackerel in the spring generally strike the south part of Nova 

 Scotia ; from the 18th to the 25th of May they come from the south- 

 ward, falling in with the Nantucket and St. George's Shoal ; a large 

 quantity come through the South Channel, and when abreast of 

 Cape Cod shape their coarse towards the south coast of Nova Scotia. 

 Being bound to Boston this spring, about the 18th of May, I met 

 large schools of mackarel, about 50 or 60, to the westward of the 

 South Seal Island; they appeared to be coming about from Cape 

 Cod until nearly over to the Cape. Their course may occasionally 



