1324 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



5. The iushore fishery is of much greater value than the outside. All 

 the fish on this coast are caught inshore. 



C. It is the common practice of the Americans to come in among our 

 boats, and by throwing bait entice the mackerel outside out of our 

 reach. 



7. Since 1871, the cod fishery has greatly increased. 



8. The same fish that are caught by the Americans iushore are also 

 taken by the Canadians. 



9. I have heard the American fishermen say that our mackerel were 

 better, and brought a higher price in their markets than the mackerel 

 caught in their own waters. 



10. Mackerel feed along our iushores on lauuce, shrimps, and sea- 

 fleas. 



11. I have seen the American fishermen frequently setting their nets 

 close to our shores for mackerel. 



li*. It is a great advantage to the Americans to be able to transship 

 cargoes, because it enables them to keep on the fishing-grounds, and to 

 double their fares. 



13. It is of no advantage to Canadian fishermen to be able to fish in 

 American waters, and I don't know of any vessels from here going 

 there to do so. 



14. The privilege granted to Americans to transship cargoes is worth 

 a load, and the privilege of getting bait in our iushores for their cod and 

 halibut fishery is worth these fisheries. 



15. Fishing by Americans in our waters hinders the fishing operations 

 of our fishermen to a great extent, because their vessels are so much 

 better equipped than ours, that they always take the best fish. 



his 



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mark. 

 AVitness : 



A. D. JOHNSTONE. 



Sworn to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief, at Fox 

 Itiver, county of Gaspe, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, this 

 L'7th day of July, A. I). 1877, before me. 



N. LAYOIE, 

 Justice of the Peace, Province of Quebec. 



No. 197. 



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



of Washington. 



I, JOSEPH I). PAYSON, of Westport, in the county of Digby, make oath 

 and say a.s follows : 



1. I have been engaged in the fisheries twenty years: two years on 

 board of American fishermen in Canadian waters. 



American vessels to the number of three and four hundred annu- 

 in the Hay de Chaleur for mackerel ; the average number of 

 from twelve to fourteen to each vessel. This is within my knowl- 

 edge for the past twelve years. 



. The average numbefof codfish taken by Americans is about twelve 

 ilred quintals to each vessel; and besides that, they annually make 

 mackerel trip of from three to five hundred barrels of mackerel. 



The present condition of the fishery is not as good as it was in the 



