AWA.RD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2987 



34. If you know what amount of duties is annually paid in Canada on 

 fish and fish-oil imported from the United Stairs, which are to be made 

 free under the provisions of the said treaty, plea.se state them annually 

 and by classes, from 1854 to 1872, inclusive. 



35. The object of these inquiries is to ascertain whether the right* in 

 respect of fishing, and fishermen, and fish, which were granted to Great 

 Britain by the Treaty of Washington, are, or are not a ju.st equivalent 

 for the rights in those respects which were granted bv Raid treaty to the 

 United States. If you know anything bearing upon this subject which 

 you have not already stated in reply to previous questions, please state 

 it as fully as if you had been specially inquired of in respect of it. 



WILLIAM EATON. 



CASTINE, July :>th, 1873 



Personally appeared the above named William Eaton, and on oath 

 says that the foregoing statement by him signed is true to the best of 

 his knowledge and belief. 

 Before me 



WM. H. SAKGENT, Ju*. Ft a. 



No. 4. 

 [CONFIDENTIAL.] 



QUESTIONS RESPECTING THE FISHERIES TO BE 1'KO- 



POUNDED TO ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED 



STATES. 



1. What is your name and age, and in what town and State do you 

 reside? L. G. Crane ; Gouldsborough Maine. 



2. What opportunities have you had for becoming acquainted with 

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

 catch of the different kinds of fish ? Have owned fishermen, and have 

 been fishing. 



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

 who have also had the opportunity of obtaining similar information! 

 If so, please give some such name. Hadlock & Stanley. 



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 1 I 

 hate examined them closely. 



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? Codlisli, Mackerel, Herring 

 Porgies, Halibut 



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

 annually off the coast of your State from the years KS.">4 to 1872, inclu- 

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

 that information can be procured ? Could not answer correctly. 



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

 American fisheries which are to be thrown open to Canadjan ti 

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

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

 i cannot answer this correct! v. 



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

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



