1416 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



No. 281. 



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



of Washington. 



I. THOMAS PINKIIAM, of Booth Bay, in the State of Maine, master 

 mariner, make oath and say as follows : 



1. 1 have been engaged in fishing for thirty-four years. I have fished 

 along the American coast down to Cape Harrison in Labrador, and have 

 taken mackerel, codfish, and the fish found on the above-mentioned 

 coasts. I have fished on the Banks along the above-mentioned coast. 

 Cod fish on the Banks is taken principally by trawling, which I consider 

 a bad method of taking fish, as the mother fish are destroyed, which is 

 not the case in hand-lining. 



2. In taking mackerel, purse-seining is employed to a very large ex- 

 tent, which I also consider a bad way of taking mackerel. Large quan- 

 tities are wasted, the schools of fish are broken up and frightened 

 away. This year scarcely any mackerel are taken on the American 

 coast. This I attribute to the large amount of purse-seining that has 

 been done on that shore. 



3. We get bait and ice in the Canadian ports to carry on the Bank 

 fishing, which benefits the inhabitants, and enables us to carry on the 

 Bank fishery. 



THOMAS PINKHAM. 



Sworn to at Sand Point, in the county of Shelburue, this 24th day 

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



JOHX PURVEY, J. P. 



So. 282. 



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



of Washington. 



I, REUBEN HAELOW, of Shelburne, in the county of Shelburne, mer- 

 chant, make oath and say as follows: 



1. I am the proprietor of an ice-honse situated at East Point, in the 

 above-named county. I sold two hundred and fifty tons of ice this year 

 and last one hundred tons to Canadian vessels aiid one hundred and 

 fifty to American vessels. About fifteen American vessels have been 

 supplied each year during the two now past. About one hundred have 

 called which have not been supplied. The Americans say it is a very 

 valuable privilege to be allowed to obtain this ice in our ports. 



REUBEX HAELOW. 



Sworn to at Shelburne, in the county of Shelburne, this 24th day of 

 August, A. 1). 1877, before me. 



JOHX BOWER, J. P. 



So. 283. 



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



of Washington. 



I. Ji'DAii C. SMITH, of Barrington, at present at Lockeport, in the 

 county of Shelburne, master mariner, make oath and say as follows: 

 I. I have been engaged since the first of May now past in the taking 



