1276 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



use the clams for taking mackerel. In trawling very few clams are 

 used. These vessels take from thirty to fifty barrels of clams to each 



ypgopl 



E. j. MCDONALD. 



Sworn to at Port Jollie, in the county of Queen's, this 18th day of 

 August, A. D. 1877, before me. 



S. T. X. SELLON, 



Justice of the Peace. 

 No. 154. 



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



of Washington. 



I, WILLIAIM FREHIL, of Arichat, in the county of Richmond, and 

 Province of Nova Scotia, merchant, make oath and say as follows: 



1. I was a practical fisherman for about five years, between 1840 and 

 1850, and since that period I have been in the fish trade, and have dealt 

 in codfish, herring, and mackerel. 



2. In my opinion, the Americans cannot profitably carry on the cod 

 and other deep-sea fisheries without resorting to the shores of Canada 

 or Newfoundland to procure bait. They visit our shores every year for 

 bait, which they purchase from our fishermen. It is a great advantage 

 also to the cod-fishermen to be enabled to procure ice on our shores, as 

 without it they could not keep their bait fresh for more than two or 

 three days ; and fresh bait is essential to a profitable prosecution of the 

 cod fishery. 



3. I consider the privilege of fishing in American waters to be of no 

 practical advantage whatever to Canadians, and I am not aware that 

 Canadians have ever availed themselves of such privilege. 



WILLIAM FKEHIL. 



The said William Frehil was sworn to the truth of this affidavit at 

 Arichat, in the county of Eichmond, this 31st day of July, A. D. 1877, 

 before me. 



JOHN FEEHIL, 



A Justice of the Peace. 

 No. 155. 



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



of Washington. 



I, PHILIP DIGGDON, of Port Medway, in the county of Queen's, and 

 Province of Nova Scotia, but at present of Port Mulgrave, in the county 

 of Guysborough, in said province, master mariner, make oath and say 

 as follows : 



1. I have been engaged during the past fifteen years in fishing, prin- 

 cipally on the shores of Canada. During ten years of that time I have 

 been fishing in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, during two of which years 

 I fished in American vessels. I have fished for both mackerel and cod. 



2. I have been fishing for codfish on the northeast coast of Prince 

 Edward Island this season. The mackerel have come in quite plenty 

 on the shores of Prince Edward Island this year, and close inshore, and 

 I saw several American mackerelers catching them with seines. Some 

 of them seemed to be getting good catches. 



