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of the semes, and I saw the boats loaded with mackerel taken out of 

 them. This was at Sandy Beach, in Gaspe". 



7. The throwing of fish offals overboard on our fishing grounds, aH 

 practiced by the Americans, is injurious to our fishing ; because it poia- 

 ous the waters, drives away the large fish, and kills the eggs. 



8. The Americans fished all inshore during the Reciprocity, in this 

 bay, at Griffin's (Jove, Cape Eozier, and Cape Bon Ami. 



9. Our inshore fisheries are of much greater value than the outside. 

 All the fish are caught inshore in this bay. 



10. It was the common practice of the Americans to come in among 

 out boats, and, by throwing bait, entice the mackerel away with them. 

 And when we went near their vessels they threatened to split our boata 

 with ballast rocks. 



11. The practice of seining is injurious to the fisheries ; because the 

 purse seine takes all kinds of fish, both large and small, and the latter 

 are thrown away and left to perish. 



12. To the best of my knowledge, about five American vessels have 

 come in this bay for bait, yearly. And I have seen them setting nets 

 for it during the Eeciprocity Treaty and before. It takes about 40 bar- 

 rels of herring for bait for a cod-fishing voyage. 



13. The same fish that are taken inshore by the Americans, are also 

 taken by the Canadians. 



14. Since 1871 the cod fishery has greatly increased ; and the mack- 

 erel are more plenty this year than they have been for many years past. 



15. The Americans take herring inshore here for bait only. 



16. Mackerel breed and feed in this bay chiefly inshore. Their food 

 is launce, shrimps, and other small fish. 



17. It is an advantage to the Americans to be allowed to laud to dry 

 and repair their nets. 



18. 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. 



19. It is a great advantage to the Americans to be able to procure 

 bait in our iushores, either by fishing for or buying it. If they buy it, 

 it is because they save time and find it more profitable to them. 



20. The Americans could not carry on the cod and halibut fisheries so 

 profitably if they could not get bait in our inshores. 



21. It is a great advantage to the Americans to be able to procure ice 

 in our inshores, to preserve their bait. 



22. It is of no advantage to us to be able to fish in American waters. 



23. The privilege of transshipping cargoes to the Americans is worth 

 a load ; and the privilege of getting bait in our iushores lor their cod 

 and halibut fisheries is worth these fisheries. 



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

 of our fishermen to a great extent, because it brings in a competition 

 that we cannot sustain. They are so much better supplied than we are 

 that they take all the best fish. 



LUKE McCAULEY. 



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

 las Town, county of Gaspe, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, 

 this 29th day of July, A. D. 1877, before me. , 



^. LA CM r< 

 Justice of the Peace, Prorice of (Juelxc. 



