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and within the three-mile limit ? If so, state how many vernelii are no 

 engaged, what is the value of their tonnage, what is the number of mm 

 employed annually on such vessels, what sorts of flh are taken there 

 what is the annual value of all the fish so caught, and what in tin* pro- 

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

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

 taken outside of the three-mile limit? Should think that 175 to 200 

 Vessels ranging aU5 to 50 tons, averaging eleven men each, goanmmlTey 

 to the British Provinces forMackrel & will average, I should think, 180 

 Bbls Mackrel each for the seasons catch of which, more than 1 are 

 taken out side of the " three-mile-limit." 



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

 the profits of a voyage by the privilege to tisu within three marine milea 

 of the coast ; whence is such profit derived ; and in what does it cousint T 

 I should think it more profitable for a vessel not to go within three miles 

 of the shore more fish would be taken, but the restriction is an annoy- 

 ance. 



29. Do the American fishermen gain under the Treaty of Washing- 

 ton any valuable rights of lauding to dry nets and cure fish, or to repack 

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

 are those rights, and what do you estimate them to be worth annually, 

 in the aggregate 9 I do not think the gain of any great advantage Jo 

 American Fishermen. 



30. Is not the Treaty of Washington, so far as the fishing clauses are 

 concerned, more, or quite as, beneficial to the people of the British North 

 American Provinces as 1 to the people of the United States f I know 

 that during the Keciprocity treaty, that several persons citizens in the 

 Gut o Causo (Charlottetown Port Hood) & other places got wealthy 

 out of American fishing trade. & since its repeal those persons have 

 lost all that trade which I have no doubt this treaty will restore in a 

 measure. 



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

 descriptions which are annually shipped to the United States ? Cannot 



32. 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. the only foreign market for Canadians 



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 stale 

 them annually, and by classes, from 1851 to 1872, inclusive. 



U K WILLAItD 



I solemnly and truly swear that the foregoing statements by me sub- 

 scribed are true according to my best knowledge and belief. So help me 



Wl ' H E WILLAKI) 



Sworn before me this sixteenth day of June A. D. 1873. 



M. N. K1CH (SEAL.) 

 DC?. Collector of Ctutomt. 



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