29i2 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



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

 ami what is the annual value to the United States, or to the British 

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

 the shore ' Porgies are used chiefly for Mackrel Bait & Porgies are 

 taken on the Coast of Maine almost exclusively within three miles of 

 the Shore. 



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

 or district, the cost of fitting out, equipping, furnishing, and manning 

 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. For a season of say three trips Mackrel Fishing 

 (two mouths to atrip.) Will cost $2,500, for Bait, Salt & Provisions: 

 & Eleven men at $40 per mouth 6 inos $2,640 in .addition Seins, 

 lines, Hooks &c,, $1,500. Making 6,640 for 45 ton vessel costing $9,000 

 or $2,210 per trip, without reconing cost of Vessel. 



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 be- 

 tween 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. 

 Canadian Vessels are built of Soft woods & cheaply fitted & cannot 

 cost I think, much more than half as much as American fishermen do 

 not provision as expensively as American fishing Vessels. 



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

 the fisheries on the coasts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, or 

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

 fisheries ? Am acquainted with Nova Scotia & Prince Edwards Island 

 fisheries have fished there for four seasons. 



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 ? Mackrel Herring, Pollock, Cod & Hake. 



L'4. 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 opeu 

 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. Cannot say. 



25. Do American fishermen procure bait in the waters within three 

 miles of the coast of the Dominion of Canada I If so, to what extent, 

 and what is the value? Occasionally Herring for Codfishiug perhaps 

 valued at 10$ a season for each vessel. 



20. 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 f If 

 so, in what ports and to what extent ? And, if that is the case, is it not 



advantage. American fishermen do procure the above supplies, at Gat 

 IIHO, Charlottetown P. E. I. Pictou N. S. Port-Hood & some other 

 ports, & this trade must be of considerable value to those Dominion 

 ports. 



2i. Have you any knowledge of how many United States fishiug-ves- 



Is yearly engaged in the fisheries off the Atlantic coasts of the Brit- 



rth American Provinces, (excluding Newfoundland,) both without 



