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

 Dumber of men employed upon them ? Don't know. 



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

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

 sistsof the deep-sea fisheries, and what proportion of the in-shore Huh- 

 eries? More than nine tenths perhaps nineteen-twentieth! are out- 

 side. 



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

 in-shore fisheries ? Mackerel chiefly Some herring. 



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 in-nhorc 

 limits ? Not over one fourth are taken within the inshore limits three 

 fourths or more outside. 



1C. Is not much the larger quantity of mackerel caught by American 

 fishermen off the coasts of British America taken outside the in shore 

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

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

 shore J ? Yes. More than three-fourths. Mackerel in the Gulph of St, 

 Lawrence are usually found on the Banks. 



17. Are Colonial fishermen injured by permitting American fishermen 

 to fish in Colonial in-shore waters ? I think not. 



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

 shore alongside a fleet of American fishing-vessels, from which large 

 quantities of bait are thrown out, than when fishing alone T Practical 

 fishermen can answer better than I. 



19. What is the best bait for the mackerel, and where is it principally 

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

 what is the annual value to the United States, or to the British Prov- 

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

 shore? Pogie. Nearly all .the mackerel bait is taken on the coast of 

 Maine within three miles of the shore. 



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

 State or district, the cost of fitting out, equipping, furnishing, and man- 

 ning 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. A vessel of GO tons costs $-',500 to 3,000f per an- 

 num, for fitting, furnishing &c., and makes usually three cruises a 

 year. 



21. When you have fully answered question 20, please answer 

 same questions as to vessels fitted out, equipped, furnished, and mat 

 from the Dominion of Canada, including Prince Edward Island, so far .is 

 you are able to do so. If you state that there is any difference 



the cost of the Canadian and the cost of the American vessel 

 respects, explain what the difference is and the reason for i 

 of fitting out, &c., in the Dominion is n<?t so large as in the I 

 States. Cannot state the precise difference. Our fishermen gei 

 consider the difference I think to be not less than 2.j per cei 

 of the Dominion. Eeasons our vessels cost more- 

 and wages are less. 



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

 the fisheries on the coasts of Nova Sootift, Kew BniMWic 

 or Prince Edward Island, or with either, and if either, w 

 these fisheries ? I am as a fish dealer as before Mated 



of those fisheries. 



