AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



same fishiug grounds as themselves than if they were left alone. It is 

 consequently the interest of this country to keep the fisheries in our own 

 hands if possible. 



14. The right of fishing in American waters is of no value to UH 



15. The privilege of selling our fish duty free in the United States is 

 no use to us; our fish is not prepared for that market. 



16. All the coasts that I have mentioned in and about the gulf of the 

 St. Lawrence are very accessible to American lisherineu, and they pos- 

 sess numerous harbors and good anchorage grounds, where their ves- 

 sels can lay with safety. They also can and do procure wood and 

 water and other supplies. 



17. The advantage of fishing in the inshore waters is a very great 

 one to the Americans. If they could only fish on the outside Banks, they 

 would do but little harm to us, and would have but poor success them- 

 selves. 



18. I rate the advantage to the Americans of fishing in our inshore 

 waters and taking bait on our shores at from 75 (seventy-five) to JH) 

 (ninety) per cent, on the total value of the fish caught. 



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

 edge and belief, correct. 



his 



JULIEN + BOUDKEAU. 



mark. 



Witness : 



WM. WAKEHAM. 



The said Julien Boudreau, of Esquimaux Point, has sworn to the 

 truth of this affidavit, at Esquimaux Point, in the county of Saguenay, 

 and Province of Quebec, this 8th day of August, A. D. 1877, before me. 



P. FORTIX, J. P. 



No. 231. 



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



of "Washington. 



* I, PHILIP TOUZEL, of Sheldrake, of the county of Sagueuay, in the 

 Province of Quebec, postmaster, make oath and say as follows : 



1. I have lived here for the last 21 years, and for three years previous 

 to that I came every summer to this coast to carry on the cod fishery. 

 I am apractical fisherman, and also fish merchant, and am well acquainted 

 with the fisheries of this place and the neighborhood. The fisheries on 

 this coast are cod, herring, mackerel, and halibut ; of these the cod is 

 the chief by far. 



2. These fisheries are carried on within three miles of the shore, except 

 that sometimes the fishermen take codfish on a Bank 7.4 miles from the 

 shore. This Bank is a continuation of the St. John's Bank. 



3. The quantity of codfish on this coast, I think, is now as great as ever 

 it was, though of course the catch varies, some years there being more, 

 some less. 



4. Halibut were formally plentiful on this coast, and the fishermen 

 could take plenty with hand-lines, especially off Shallop River am 

 Manitou River. American fishing schooners, equipped purposely i 

 halibut-fishing, began to show themselves on this part of the coast about 

 ten years ago, as far as I can remember, although some might havt 

 come before. We used to see three or four at once off this place : those 



