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number of United States fishermen on the Banks off our coasts well 

 supplied with fresh bait. The average catch of codfish per man in this 

 neighborhood the last two years has not been more than one half what 

 the average has been in previous years. 



There is an ice-honse in this harbor where one hundred and fifty tons 

 of ice is secured for sale to United States fishermen this year, a large 

 number of their vessels being expected at this harbor this year for bait 

 and ice. 



his 



ALFRED + HOPKINS. 

 mark. 



Sworn before ine at Heart's Content, Newfoundland, this 28th April, 

 1877. 



J. O FRASER, 

 Commissioner of Affidavits. 



CHARLES RENDELL, aged 44 years, fisherman, residing at Heart's Con- 

 tent, in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, maketh oath and saith : 



I was present when Alfred Hopkins made the statement before J. O. 

 Fraser, commissioner of affidavits, on this day, and which statement is 

 marked B. I believe the said statement to be true iu every particular, 

 and judge it to be true and reasonable from an experience of thirty years, 

 during which time I prosecuted the fisheries of this country almost con- 

 tinuously. 



CHARLES RENDELL. 



Sworn before me, at Heart's Content, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, this 

 28th April, 1877. 



J. O. FRASER, 

 Commissioner of Affidavits. 



No. 107. 



THOMAS L. NEWHOOK, planter, residing at New Harbor, Newfound- 

 land, maketh oath and saith: 



I am forty-four years of age. My knowledge of the fisheries of this 

 country is derived from practical connection with the same for thirty 

 years. I saw four United States fishing- vessels in this harbor last year; 

 there were a number of them also in other near harbors that I did not 

 see, but believe they were as reported in other harbors looking for 

 fresh bait.' I don't recollect the names of these vessels, but know they 

 hailed from Gloucester, U. S. A. These vessels came here for fresh bait, 

 which they purchased from our people, except what they jigged them- 

 selves. Each vessel took from thirty-five to forty barrels squids for a 

 trip to the Banks, and the price paid for said bait was from one shilling 

 to eighteen pence per 100. 



Newfoundland fishermen catch codfish generally within a mile of the 

 shore. The Newfoundland cod fishery is an inshore tisherj. The bait 

 fishery caplin, squids, and herrings is an inshore fishery. I never 

 heard of a Newfoundland vessel fishing on any of the coasts or shores 

 of the United States of America. 



The supply of fresh bait to United States fishermen cannot fail to 

 reduce the supply for local purposes. 



The large quantity of fresh bait used on the Banks off our coasts by 

 United States fishermen certainly tends to attract codfish and prevent 



