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quantities of bait are thrown out, than when fishing alone ? They are. 

 The small fishermen of the Provinces are in the habit of following the 

 American fleet. 



19. What is the best bait for the mackerel, and where is it principally 

 taken ? How much of it is taken within three miles of the shore, and 

 what is the annual value to the United States, or to the British Prov- 

 inces, as the case may be, to take such bait within three miles of the 

 shore ? Porgie Bait. Taken on the coasts of this State. The greater 

 part is taken within three miles of shore. The United States fishermen 

 take none on the coasts of the Province. The fishermen of the Provinces 

 will derive great benefit from the privilege of taking Bait on our coasts, 

 as they have none on their own. 



20. Please state as to each class of fisheries carried on from your 

 State or district, the cost of fitting out, equipping, furnishing, and man- 

 ning a vessel for carrying it on, estimating it by the average length of 

 the 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. It will cost to fit a vessel of one hundred tons from 

 $2,000 to $3,000 for a codfishing cruise. For a mackerel cruise from 

 $1,200 to $1,500. 



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

 same questions as to vessels fitted 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 between 

 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. It would 

 cost less. Salt, cordage, lines, and nearly all their fishing tackle costs 

 less. And they can build vessels for much less than we can. 



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

 the fisheries on the coasts of Xova Scotia, Xew Brunswick, Quebec, or 

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

 fisheries? I am acquainted with the cod and Mackerel fishery. I have 

 been skipper of a fisherman for the last thirty years. 



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 ? Mackerel chiefly. 



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 do not know. 



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 ? They do not." 



26. 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 ? If 

 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 in the ports of Canso, Charlottetowu, Port 

 Hood and Halifax. They do this to a large extent ; and will do it much 

 more under the Treaty of Washington than ever before. Vessels will 

 now refit there. The advantage of this trade to the people of the Prov- 

 inces will be very great. 



