AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2!91 



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

 annually off the coast of your State from the years 1854 to 187ii inelu- 

 sive? If you can do this, please do so; and if not, pleat*? state where that 

 information can be procured. Cannot state. 



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 ? I'lease state them 

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

 kind. All the kinds named in answer to question 5, which may be 

 made of great value to the Canadian fishermen, as they are now to 

 American fishermen. 



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

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

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

 of Washington ? 1 cannot say. 



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

 your State ? and, if so, to what extent and value? They do obtain con- 

 siderable bait in the waters of this State. 



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 re- 

 striction than that contained in the Treaty of Washington! Will de- 

 pend on what extent the Canadian fishermen may pursue the fishing 

 business in our waters. 



11. Will the admission of Canadian fishermen to our inshore fisheries 

 cause any detriment or hinderauce to the profitable pursuit of these 

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

 extent annually? Will open a competition for winter and early fishing 

 for supplying American markets. 



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

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



, number of men employed upon them ! Cannot tell. 



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

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

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

 eries ? Not one-fourth are caught iu-shore. Chiefly caught out-side 



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

 in-shore fisheries? Mackrel sometimes Herrings 



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

 iu-shore limits.? Not one-fourth of the mackerel caught are taken in- 

 shore. Chiefly taken out side. 



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

 fishermen off the coasts of British America taken outside the In-sbon 

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

 found on the banks, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and not within 

 They are taken chiefly out side the in-shore limits on the banks 



the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. 



17. Are Colonial fishermen injured by permitting American 

 to fish in colonial in-shore waters ? I should think no maten 



18. Are not more fish caught by Colonial fishermen, when .^in- 

 shore, alongside a fleet of American fishing-vest 



quantities of bait are thrown out, than when fishing alo 

 thev relv chieflv on the bait thrown over by American fisher 

 1*9. What is the best bait for the mackerel, and where is it principally 



