2996 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



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 so 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 three 

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

 and what is the value ? They do Procure Bait sometimes within 3 

 Miles of the Shore but the Value is but of little importance as it is 

 Mostley Herring Fish and of but little Value except for Bait 



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 ? 

 If so, in what ports, and to what extent ? And, if that is the case, is 

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

 vessels of the United States in their neighborhood during the fishing 

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

 value of that advantage. They do Procure suplies and also Ice, Salt 

 Barrells &c and it is of great advantage to the Provinces to Sell to the 

 American Fishing Vessels they Buy in evry Harbor of any note in the 

 Dominion of Novascotia Prince Edwards Island Cape Briton & the 

 North Shore of the Gulf of Lower Canada I canot State the Vallue 

 but it must be a Large Amount 



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

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

 British 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 number 

 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 proportion, 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 ? I cannot State What 

 Number of Vessels ar yearley engaged in the Fisherey of the British 

 Provinces but should from 2 to 300 and they are Mostly Fishing for Cod 

 & Mackerel the everage Crews Consist from 7 to 12 or 15 Men as to sise 

 of Vessels and 1 should say that but one eight of the Fish are caught 

 within the 3 Miles limets of the Shore 



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

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

 of the coast ; whence is such profit derived ; and in what does it consist ? 

 I should say that I do not consider 10 per cent is added to the privalige 

 of Fishing within the 3 Miles limets and that consist of Mackerel & 

 Bait taken within the limets 



21>. Do the American fishermen gain under the Treaty of Washing- 

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

 pack 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 an- 

 nually, in the aggregate ? 



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 to the people of the United States ? I 

 should consider it of More advantage to the Provinces as regards the 

 Fishing interest than to the United States 



