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8. At Little River, on the south side of Digby Neck, frora fifteen to 

 twenty American vessels have fished inshore for the same kinds of tish 

 as we have fished. They have set their nets for bait, and thrown their 

 gnrry overboard on the inshore grounds. 



9. Since 1871 the Americans have come on our inshore grounds and 

 this summer more numerously than ever before. 



10. American vessels corne around here with purse-seines for mackerel, 

 and one is said to have taken two hundred barrels of mackerel in one 

 day within three miles of the shore. T'ie bay here is only six miles 

 across. I mean by the bay, St. Mary's Bay. 



JOSEPH E. DEXTOX. 



Sworn to at Little River, in the county of Digby, this 1st day of Sep. 

 teuiber, A. D. 1877, before me. 



J. W. DENTON, J. P. 



No. 294. 



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



of Washington. 



I, JOHN McKAY, of Tiverton, in the county of Digby, master mariner, 

 make oath and say as follows : 



1. I have been engaged in the fisheries in this vicinity for ten years, 

 and am well acquanted with the fisheries around St. Mary's Bay. 

 We take around this bay codfish, haddock, hake, pollock, halibut and 

 herring, mostly all within three miles of the shore. 



2. Large numbers of Americans come around here since eighteen hun- 

 dred and seventy-one, and have fished on our inshore grounds. They 

 have also set their nets for bait in this harbor and around here withm 

 three miles of the shore, which interferes with our supply to a large ex- 

 tent. 



3. From eight to ten American vessels fish around this harbor on 

 our inshore ground, and from twenty to thirty at least in St. Mary's 

 Bay. These are from the vessels in this harbor and in St. Mary's Bay, 

 are from ten tons to sixty tons, and carry from five to twelve men. 

 (Sic.) 



4. So many Americans coming here interferes with our inshore fishery 

 to a large extent, by taking away the fish from us, by trawling and 

 catching bait, and throwing overboard their gurry. 



5. Our boats and vessels bring their gurry ashore on to gurry grounds 

 set apart for this purpose. 



6. American vessels come here every year with purse-seines for mack- 

 erel. 



JOHN McKAY. 



Sworn to at Tiverton, in the county of Digby, this 1st day of Sep- 

 tember, A. D. 1877, before me. 



JOHN A. SMITH, J. P. 



No. 295. 



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



of Washington. 



I, WHITEFIELD OUTHOUSE, of Tiverton, in the county of Digby, 

 fisherman, make oath and say as follows : 



1. I have been engaged in fishing inshore in this county for thirty 

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