AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2979 



cruise. State, as far as possible, in detail the elements which go to 

 make up the cost of taking and delivering a full cargo and of returning 

 to the home port. To fit out a hundred ton cod-fisherman costs from, from 

 $2,000.00 to $3,000.00, and they make two trips per year, usually. It 

 costs a little less to fit a vessel for Mackereling. Our vessels are all 

 manned upon the shares. 



21. When you have fully answered question 20, please answer the 

 same question as to vessels litted out, equipped, furnished, and manned 

 from the Dominion of Canada, including Prince Edward Island, so far 

 as you are able to do so. If you state that there is any difference be- 

 tween the cost of the Canadian and the cost of the American vessel in 

 these respects, explain what the difference is, and the reason for it. 

 They have the advantage of us in the cost of vessels, and in cost of 

 salt. What the difference amounts to I cannot tell; but it is consider- 

 ably in their favor. 



22. Are you acquainted, and for how long, and in what capacity, with 

 the fisheries on the coasts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, or 

 Prince Edward Island, or with either, and if either, with which of these 

 fisheries? I was master of a fisherman some twelve years, and fished 

 off the coasts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edwards 

 Island. 



23. What kind of fish frequent the waters of those coasts which' are to 

 be thrown open to American fishermen under the provisions of the 

 Treaty of Washington ? Cod, Mackerel Herring and Hallibut. Princi- 

 pally Cod and Mackerel. 



24. Please state in detail the amount and the annual value (say from 

 1854 to 1872 inclusive) of the fisheries which are so to be thrown open to 

 American fishermen ; also the amount and the annual value of the 

 catch in the adjacent waters which are more than three miles distant 

 from the shore ; please state these facts in detail. I cannot answer 

 this definitely. 



25. Do American fishermen procure bait in the waters within three 

 miles of the coast of the Dominion of Canada ? If so, to what extent, 

 and what is the value ? But very little if any. 



20. Do not the American fishermen purchase supplies in the ports of 

 the Dominion of Canada, including bait, ice, salt, barrels, provisions, 

 and various articles for the use of the men engaged in the fisheries ? 

 It so, in what" ports, and to what extent? And. if that is the case, is 

 it not an advantage to the ports of the Dominion to have the fishing- 

 vessels of the United States in their neighborhood during the fishing 

 season? Explain why it is so, and estimate, if you can, the money- 

 value of that advantage. They do, at the ports of Chariottetown, 

 Halifax, the straits of Canso. The trade is quite extensive, but I can- 

 not state its extent. 



27. Have you any knowledge of how many United States fishing 

 vessels yearly engage in the fisheries off the Atlantic coasts of the 

 British North American Provinces, (excluding Newfoundland,) both 

 without and within the three-mile limit ? If so, state how many vessels 

 are so engaged, what is the value of their tonnage, what is the number 

 of men employed annually on such vessels, what sorts of fish are taken 

 there, what is the annual value of all the fish so caught, and what is 

 the proportion, or probable proportion, in your judgment, of the amount 

 of such catch taken within three miles of the British coast, and of the 

 amount taken outside of the three-mile limit? I cannot tell. 



28. 'What percentage of value, if any, is, in your judgment, added to 

 the profits of a voyage by the privilege to fish within three marine miles 



