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AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. And so you have not put the names of the captains down ? A. 

 No. The list is as follows : 



List of vessels belonging to Provinoetoum, Mass., engaged in the cod-fishery on the Banks of 



Newfoundland in 1877. 



Xames. 



I Tonnage. I 



Agents. 



Q. Perhaps you can give the nationality of the different captains of 

 these vessels from Proviucetown I A. Of the 48, 6 are native-born 

 citizens of the United States ; 9 are Portuguese, who, I think, without 

 an exception, were born in the Azores; and 33 are natives of Nova 

 Scotia I include Prince Edward Island with Nova Scotia. 



Q. I suppose that the last named are naturalized f A. Yes; we do 

 not clear a vessel from the custom-house unless the captain's papers are 

 there. 



By Mr. Whiteway : 



Q. How did you ascertain the facts concerning the birth-places of 

 these captains t A. I have known the six who are native-born citizens 

 of the United States from boyhood, and I remember when some of them 

 were born. We have the Portuguese living there, and we are acquainted 

 with them, and by hearsay we know that they come from the Azores. 

 1 am informed that the others came from Nova Scotia, and we know 



