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

 that information can be procured. I cannot tell. The amount is very 

 great. The quantity taken on our coast by American Fishermen greatly 

 exceeds the quantity taken on the coasts of the Provinces. 



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. lam not able. 



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

 by Canadian fishermen, and what by American fishermen, in the waters 

 off the coasts which are to be thrown open to competition by the Treaty 

 of Washington ? The people of the Provinces take as many codfish I 

 think as the people of the States. Of Mackerel we take far the larger 

 quantity, probably three times as many. They take tbe greater part 

 of the Herring. 



9. Do Canadian fishermen procure bait or supplies in the waters of 

 your State ? and, if so, to what extent and value ? They get a great 

 part of their bait from this State. They catch some and buy some. 



10. What is the probable annual value to Canadian fishermen in being 

 able to procure bait, to land and dry their nets, and to repack and cure 

 their fish on the coasts of your State, without any other restriction than 

 that contained in the Treaty of Washington ? It is a great privilege. 

 The Porgie bait which they procure from this State is far better tan 

 any other for taking Mackerel. 



11. Will the admission of Canadian fishermen to our in-shore fisheries 

 cause any detriment or hindrance to the profitable pursuit of these fish- 

 eries by our own fishermen ; and if so, in what manner, and to what 

 extent annually ? I think it would injure our fishermen very little. 

 Neither would our fishing on Canadian coasts injure theirs. 



12. What number of Canadian vessels and boats are engaged in the 

 fisheries of your State, and what are their tonnage and value, and the 

 number of men employed upon them f I cannot tell. It is not large. 



13. Of the fisheries pursued by American fishermen off the Atlantic 

 coasts of the British Jforth American Provinces, what proportion con- 

 sists of the deep-sea fisheries, and what proportion of the in-shore fisheries T 

 Certainly three-fourths are deep sea fisheries. 



. 14. For what description of fish do American fishermeu pursue the 

 in-shore fisheries ? Mackerel and Herring. 



15. If you state that the in shore fisheries are pursued wholly or 

 chiefly for mackerel, please state what proportion of mackerel is taken 

 within the iu-shore limits, and what proportion is taken outside of the 

 in-shore limits ? The offshore fishery has been the most valuable for 

 the last thirty years. 



16. Is not much the larger quantity of mackerel caught by American 

 fishermeu off the coasts of British America taken outside the inshore 

 limits ; and in the summer season especially, are not mackerel generally 

 found on the banks, in the Gull of Saint Lawrence, and not within shore f 

 Much the larger quantity is taken outside the in shore limits. Mackerel 

 are generally found on the banks. When we can catcli -Mackerel off 

 shore they are of superior quality to those caught in-shore. 



17. Are Colonial fishermen injured by permitting American fishermen 

 to fish in Colonial in shore waters! No, sir, they are not : it is an ad- 

 vantage to them, by tolling the fish in. 



18. Are not more tish caught by Colonial fishermen, when fishing in- 

 shore, alongside a fleet of American Fishing-vessels, from which large 



