1326 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



No. 198. 



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



of Washington. 



I, THOMAS C. COOK, Cape Causo, in the county of Guysboro', mer- 

 chant, make oath and say as follows : 



1. I have been engaged in the fisheries actively for the period of 

 twenty-five years. During that time I have been engaged in the fish 

 trade,' buy ing and selling and carrying on a general fish business. 



2. During prosperous years, as many as three or four hundred Amer- 

 ican vessels, I understand, are engaged in the mackerel fishing in the 

 North Bay. Each vessel would average from twelve to fifteen men. 

 The American vessels now fishing are larger and better than those for- 

 merly used. Each vessel fits out to take three hundred barrels on an 

 average. 



3. I have known from two to three hundred American vessels call at 

 Canso during the season for bait. To make up this number, I count 

 several calls by the same vessel. I have known them hook squid in- 

 shore, but not much. They generally buy it, because it pays them 

 best and saves them time. 



4. The inshore fisheries are of greater value to the inhabitants along 

 the coast than those outside. All kinds of fish are caught inshore by 

 our fishermen. Our people do not, in the county of Guysboro', prose- 

 cute the outshore fishery almost altogether. 



5. The opportunity given to the Americans of transshipping their car- 

 goes is of great advantage to them ; also the privilege of getting bait 

 and ice. They are enabled, by having these privileges, to make more 

 trips and catch more fish. Bait can be bought cheaper in Canadian 

 ports than in the United States. Ice also, I think. 



G. American fishermen could not so profitably carry on the deep-sea 

 fisheries if they were not permitted to land and buy their bait and ice, 

 otherwise they would not land and do so. 



7. Never heard of any Canadian vessels fishing in American waters. 



THOS. C. COOK. 



Sworn to at Canso, in the county of Guysboro' this 25th day of July, 

 A. D. 1877, before me. 



JAMES A. TORY, J. P., 

 For the County of Guysborough. 



No. 199. 



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



of Washington. 



I, \V. WYSE, of Chatham, in the countv of Northumberland, in the 

 Province of New Brunswick, at present of 'Chatham, merchant, maketh 

 oath as follows: 



1. I have ben in business for five years in Chatham, and have had 



bumnesH with fish ing parties around our coast previous to '72 and since 



[have had charge of a salmon-preserving establishment on Fox 



and, Miramichi Bay, and exported salmon in tins to amount of from 



IKT annum, also lobster and mackerel to amount of about 



1, (M)l) dollars per annum; also during this time American fishermen 



have been accommodated on this island with water and other matters 



