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from the Dominion of Canada, including Prince Edward Inland, HO far 

 as you are able to do so. If yon state that then* is anv ditle.renc.e be 

 tween the cost of the Canadian and the cost of the American Venae! in 

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

 cost of the Vessel is not more than one half as much, and the outfitMnre 

 not much more than half as much as our Vessels. 



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

 the fisheries on the coasts of Nova Scotia, New Biunswick, (jiie*l>ec, or 

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

 fisheries? I own fishermen and fitted out fishermen, and have he<*n 

 fishing myself for 20 years more or less. The principal fishing in the 

 provinces is Cod fish & Mackerel, and the greatest portion taken on the 

 Banks. 



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. 



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

 1854 to 1872 inclusive) of the fisheries which are 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. 



25. Do American fishermen procure bait in the waters within tlirt'e 

 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 ca.se, is it 

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

 sels of the United States in their neighborhood during the fishing sea- 

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

 of that advantage. We sometimes procure barrels and bait and fresh 

 provisions in Canso and many ports on Prince Edwards Island and at 

 the Chaleurs. 



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

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

 ish 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 niimtor 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 pro- 

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

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

 amount taken outside of the three-mile limit f Five hundred Vessels, 

 average Value $7,000 each: seven eighths without the three-mile 



28. What percentage of value, if any, is, in your judgment, add 

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

 of the coast: whence is such profit derived ; and in what does 

 sist? None 



29. Do the American fishermen gain under the Treaty of Wai 

 any valuable rights of landing to dry nets and cure fish, or 

 them, or to transship cargoes, which were not theirs before ; 



are those rights, and what do you estimate them to to worth an ij, 

 in the aggregate ? None at all 



30. Is not the Treaty of Washington, so far as the t 

 concerned, mare, or quite as, beneficial to the people of 



