1294 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



that onr fisheries should be kept exclusively to ourselves, nor should 

 foreigners be allowed to get fresh bait in our inshores, nor dry their 

 nets, nor cure their fish on our shores. These are privileges which ought 

 not to be granted to strangers ; and if this continues, mauy of our people 

 will be driven to seek employment elsewhere. 



I hereby swear that the above statement is, to the best of my knowl- 

 edge and belief, correct. 



LEGRESLEY. 



The said John Legresley has sworn to the truth of the above state- 

 ment and affidavit, at Point St. Peter, in the county of Gaspe, and Prov- 

 ince of Quebec, this 13th day of August, A. D. 1877, before me. 



P. FORTIX, J. P. 



Xo. 171. 



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



of Washington. 



I, JOHN B. FAUVEL, of Point St. Peter, in the county of Gaspe, and 

 Province of Quebec, make oath and says as follows : 



1. I am a merchant in fish, of the firm of John Fauvel, of Jersey, in, 

 the Channel Islands. I am the manager of the firm in this county. I 

 have lived on the coast for twenty-one years, all of which time 1 was 

 engaged in the fish business on this coast. We have our principal es- 

 tablishment at Point St. Peter. We have others at Mai Bay and Long 

 Point on the north shore of the St. Lawrence. 



2. We employ altogether 36 boats of our own. These boats fish on 

 shares. We also employ about 20 boats belonging to fishermen; these 

 men sell their fish to us. We also purchase fish and fish-oils generally, 

 but our principal business is the codfishery. Our codfish is specially 

 prepared for warm climates, our principal markets being those of Brazil, 

 the West Indies, Spain, Portugal and the Mediterranean ports. The 

 special property of our fish, which enables it to command a higher price, 

 is that it is so hard and thoroughly dried. Our fish cannot be allowed 

 to remain more than three days under salt before being dried. Fish 

 salted in bulk on board of vessels is too long under salt, and cannot be 

 dried in the manner in which we dry our fish. Fish so long under salt 

 as it must be when salted on board a schooner becomes salt burnt, and 

 never will dry thoroughly. Another peculiarity of our fish is that it is 

 dry salted and not pickled. This peculiar preparation enables us to 

 command a higher price for our fish on account of its keeping qualities 

 in warm climates. The name of Gaspe" fish in foreign markets is always 

 considered better than any other. 



3. We ship about from 3,000 to 3,500 quintals of dried codfish besides 

 other fish and oils. This fish commands from $4.50 to $8 per quintal. 

 We ship this fish on our own and other bottoms. 



4. We have never shipped any fish to the United States markets, as 

 our fish gets a better market elsewhere. 



5. The right of fishing on the American coast is not of any value to 

 us. I never knew of anyone having gone there to fish from this coast. 



6. The privilege granted to the Americans of fishing in our inshore 

 waters is a very serious injury to us. Our population is already large 

 enough to fish our own waters, and must suft'er severely by American 

 competition. I do not hesitate to say that our fisheries ought to be kept 

 exclusively to ourselves. 



