AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 13'J7 



No. 261. 



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



of Washington. 



I, JOHN DANIEL RICHARD, of La Have Island, at present of (ictson'g 

 Cove, iu the county of Luneiiburg, fisherman, make oath and say as 

 follows : 



1. I have been fishing for about forty five years. I have fished around 

 Cape Breton, on the eastern side of New Brunswick, around Prince Kd- 

 ward's Island, around the Magdaleues, on the Canadian coast of the 

 Labrador, and on the southern coast of Nova Scotia. I have taken all 

 the kinds of fish found on the above-mentioned coasts. 



2. Six years ago on the Magdalene coast I saw four American vessels, 

 each equipped with four trawls, and on each set of trawls were a thou- 

 sand hooks. I asked the American skipper how many fish he had on 

 his trawls. He said nine hundred, and of these nine hundred he only 

 took seventy on board. The fish thrown overboard interfered with our 

 fishing. These fish, to the best of my knowledge, were taken within 

 three miles of the shore. 



JOHN DANIEL RICHARD. 



Sworn to at Getson's Cove, in the county of Luueuburg, this Oth day 

 of August, A. D. 1877, before me. 



BENJAMIN RYNARI), J. P. 



No. 262. 



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



of Washington. 



I, COLIN McLEOD, of Brooklyn, in the county of Queen's, merchant, 

 make oath and say as follows : 



1. I have during the present year supplied American fishing vessels 

 with ice, about twenty tons. I have supplied about twenty tons to 

 Canadian vessels. The Americans say that if they could get plenty of 

 bait and ice in this harbor it would be of great benefit to them. They 

 say that if they can get plenty of bait they would be more likely to get 

 larger fares. 



COLIN McLEOD. 



Sworn to at Brooklyn, in the county of Queen's, this 16th day of Au- 

 gust, A. D. 1877, before me. 



S. T. X. SELLON, J. P. 



No. 263. 



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



of Washington. 



I, JAMES BUSHEN, of Port Moutou, in the county of Queen's, fisher- 

 man, make oath and say as follows : 



1. I have fished for eighteen years, every season down to the presenl 

 included, principally inshore, in Queen's County, and on the I 

 this coast. I have also fished in an American schooner for t 

 on the Western Bank. 



