2990 AWARD OF THF FISHERY COMMISSION. 



North American Provinces as to the people of the United States ? I 

 think it is more 



31. What is the amount and value of colonial cargoes of fish of all 

 descriptions which are annually shipped to the United States? 



31'. For all No. 1 and No. 2 mackerel, for the larger part of the fat 

 herring, and for all No. 1 salmon, does not the United States afford the 

 only market. Yes 



33. If you know what amount of duties is annually paid to the 

 United States on fish and fish-oil imported from Canada, which are to 

 be made free under the provisions of the Treaty of Washington, please 

 state them annually, and by classes, from 1854 to 1872, inclusive. 



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

 on fish and fish-oil imported from the United States, which are to be 

 made free under the provisions of the said Treaty, please state them 

 annually, and by classes, from 1854 to 1872, inclusive. 



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

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

 Britain by the Treaty of Washington, are or are not a just equivalent 

 for the rights in those respects which were granted by said 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, 

 I think it is of a great deal more value to the Province than it is to the 

 American fishermen, and eventually will be a great injury to the inter- 

 est of the American fishermen. 



L G. CRANE, 

 Keeper Seguin Light Maine 



Sworn to before me this 2d day of July, 1873 



E. S J NEALLEY, 



Collector. 

 No. 5. 



[CONFIDENTIAL.] 



QUESTIONS RESPECTING THE FISHERIES TO BE PRO- 

 POUNDED TO ON BEHALF OF THE UNITEI> 



STATES. 



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

 reside ? Henry E. Willard 35 years old Reside in Cape Elizabeth. 



"2. What opportunities have you had for becoming acquainted with 

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

 catch of the different kinds of fish ! I have been a fisherman for twenty- 

 four years master of a fishing vessel 9 years. 



Can you give the names of other persons in your neighborhood 

 who have also had the opportunity of obtaining similar information? If 

 KO, please give some such name. Geo W. Willard, Caleb Willard, John 

 If. Lovitt Morris Cobb, Isaac Cobb, & others 



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 IS to 22 inclusive, and state that you have done so ? I 

 hme examined articles 18 & 22 of the " treaty of Washington " 



'*. 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 ! Cod & Haddock, Mackrel, 

 Pollock Herring, Pohagen, Halibut &c. 



