1244 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Sworn to at Port Hood, in the county of Inverness, this 20th day of 

 July, A. D. 1877 (being first read and explained). 



D. CAMPBELL, J. P. 

 NO. 124. 



In the matter of the Fisheries Commission at Halifax, under the Treaty 



of Washington. 



I, EICHARD THOMAS, of Booth Bay, in the State of Maine, United 

 States of America, at present of Port Hood, in the county of Inver- 

 ness, fisherman, make oath and say as follows : 



1. I have been engaged on board of American fishing-vessels for the 

 past twenty -four years, and have been engaged in fishing on all parts 

 of the coasts of Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, and 

 the Magdalen Islands ; and am familiar with the whole fishing business 

 in these parts. I entered this port only a few days ago in an American 

 fishing-vessel, and have been fishing in these waters during the present 

 season. 



2. I have read over the affidavit of James Archibald, of Boston, 

 made herein on this date, the 20th of July, A. D. 1877, and I say that 

 the statements contained in said affi davit in reference to the fishing 

 business on this coast are, to the best of my knowledge, information, 

 and belief, correct and true in every particular. 



EICHAED THOMAS. 



Sworn at Port Hood, in the county of Inverness, this 20th day of 

 July, A. D. 1877, before me. 



D. CAMPBELL, J. P. 



No. 125. 



In the matter of the Fisheries Commission at Halifax, under the Treaty 



of Washington. 



I, JOHN E. HAMILTON, of New Carlisle, county of Bonaveuture, Prov 

 ince of Quebec, make oath and say as follows : 



1. Have been engaged in the fisheries for the last seventeen years, 

 having had establishments on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence, at Seven Islands, on the Bull Island, Eiver Moisie, St. John's 

 Eiver, and Long Point near Mingan. 



2. I consider that the fishery by the Americans in Canadian waters 

 has been very extensive between 1854 and 1866; I have seen as many 

 as 100 schooners in Paspebiac Harbor, and as many at Seven Islands. 

 At least 200 schooners have visited our shores for mackerel during part 

 of the Eeciprocity Treaty that I have mentioned, yearly. The average 

 tonnage of these vessels is 80 tons, each vessel having from 12 to 15 

 men for a crew. 



3. The principal places where I have seen them fish for mackerel were 

 Bay Chaleurs and Seven Islands on the north shore. 



4. During the Eeciprocity Treaty the American schooners generally 

 made good voyages and sometimes two, averaging 400 barrels each 

 voyage. 



5. I have seen American schooners frequently fishing for cod and hali- 

 but, at Seven Islands, inshore. 



6. The cod -fishery fluctuates, but the fishery now is equal to, if no 



