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the codfish have Mien off to some extent; this I attribute to trawling 

 as already stated. 



4. The fishing-grounds are injured by throwing overboard offal, an l 

 so many American vessels throwing over this offal are very injuriotw lo 

 the grounds. 



5. The inshore fishery is of greater value than the off-shore fi.sherv, 

 and twice the value of the off-shore fishery. 



C. Canadian fishermen catch codfish in inshore waters along the coast, 



7. Since eighteen hundred and seventy-one the number of American 

 vessels engaged in taking codfish has very largely increased there are 

 more than five times as many. 



8. Last year from four to five thousand barrels of herring were taken 

 in the county of Shelburne; these fish are taken all inshore, within 

 three miles of the shore. 



9. In proportion to the whole number of mackerel taken in American 

 waters they do not get so many number one as there are taken in Cana- 

 dian waters. 



10. It is a great advantage to American fishermen to be able to pro- 

 cure bait and ice in which to preserve it in the bay and harbors along 

 the Canadian coast, and without this bait and ice they could not suc- 

 cessfully carry on the fishery on the banks off this coast. They purchase 

 this bait in this county, and do so because they save time and expense 

 by so doing. It would require too much time to catch this bait to any 

 large extent inshore in this county. The privilege of getting bait in- 

 shore in Canadian waters interferes with the supply for Canadian 

 bankers, as they make the bait scarce, especially in the early part of 

 the season. 



11. I have never known nor heard of any Canadian vessels except two 

 from this county fishing in American waters. One of these vessels I 

 myself owned. She went from here to get seines at Gloucester, and 

 only caught two barrels of mackerel on the American coast. She re- 

 ported that she did not see a school of mackerel on the American coast . 

 This vessel was in American waters during the month of July now past. 



12. The privilege of getting bait in Canadian ports is worth six hun- 

 dred dollars to each American vessel. 



13. So many American vessels running down here to fish make the 

 fish much more scarce for Canadian fishermen. They first employed 

 trawling, and compelled Canadian fishermen to do so in order to com- 

 pete successfully with them. By trawling the expense in catching is 

 double. Kova Scotia vessels out of this port have commenced trawling 

 within the last three years. 



14. I have known of cases of smuggling by American vessels in this 

 county, particularly kerosene-oil. 



AUSTEN LOCKE. 



Sworn to at Lockeport, in the county of Shelbtirue, this 23d day of 

 August, A. D. 1877, before me. 



JACOB LOCKE, 



Justice Peace. 



Xo. 241. 



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



of Washington. 



I, DANIEL Me ADAMS, of Lockeport, in the county of Shelbnrne, mas- 

 ter mariner, make oath and say as follows : 



1. I have been engaged in the fisheries for the p.ist twenty-four 



