.AJPIPENDIX M. 



AFFIDAVITS PRODUCED ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED 



STATES. 



No. 1. 



[CONFIDENTIAL.] 



QUESTIONS RESPECTING THE FISHERIES TO BE PRO- 

 POUNDED TO ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED 



STATES. 



I. What is your name and ago, and in what town and State do you 

 reside? Freeman Hodgdou; age fifty-two years, I reside at Boothbay, 

 State of Maine. 



-. What opportunities have you had for becoming acquainted witli 

 the American and Canadian Atlantic sea-fisheries, and the value of the 

 catch of the different kinds of fish ? I pursued the business for twenty 

 years. I have been in all the waters frequented by American and 

 Canadian fishermen. 



3. Can you give the names of other persons in your neighborhood who 

 bave also had the opportuity of obtaining similar information ? If so, 

 please give some such name. Yes. Thomas Berry has had more ex- 

 perience in the fishing business than any other man on our coast. John 

 Hodgdon, Joseph Maddocks. 



4. A copy of the treaty between Great Britain and the United States, 

 known as the Treaty of Washington, is hereto annexed. Will you ex- 

 'amine articles 18, to 22 inclusive, and state that you have done so ? I 

 have. 



5. What kinds of fish frequent the waters of your State, especially 

 those which are to be thrown open to the Canadian fishermen under the 

 provisions of the Treaty of Washington ? Cod, Mackerel, Hake, Hallibut, 

 Herring, and many others of less importance. 



6. Can you give a statement of the kinds and quantities of fish taken 

 annually off the coast of your State from the years 1854 to 1872, in- 

 clusive ? If you can do this, please do so ; and if not, please state where 

 that information can be procured. The quantity is very great. I do 

 not know exactly. 



7. If you are able to do so, will you state the amount and value of the 

 American fisheries which are to be thrown open to Canadian fishermen 

 under the provisions of the Treaty of Washington ? Please state them 

 ,in detail, showing the different kinds of fish, and the value of each 

 kind. 



8. What quantity and value of each kind of fish are annually taken 

 l>y Canadian fishermen, and what by American fishermen, in the waters 

 >tf the coasts which are to be thrown open to competition by the Treaty 

 >t Washington? I cannot tell. I should think the value of ti-<h caught 



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