3000 AWARD CF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



23. What kind of fish frequent the waters of those coasts which are 

 to be thrown opeti to American fishermen under the provisions of the 

 Treaty of Washington ? Mackerel, herring and pollock. 



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. I have not the in- 

 formation at hand that would enable me to state with accuracy. The 

 catch in outside waters is of many times the value of the catch inside 

 as before stated. 



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 sometimes, but not to a large extent. 



26. 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 season ? Explain 

 why it is so, and estimate, if yon can, the money-value of that advan 

 tage. They do, and will more largely when the Treaty takes effect 

 Will also buy fish by the cargo and in smaller quantity. It is a valua 

 ble trade to the Provinces 



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

 sel yearly engaged in the fisheries off the Atlantic coasts of the British 

 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 aa- 

 iiually 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 out- 

 side of the three-mile limit ? I have already stated the sorts of fish taken, 

 those taken within the three mile limit would not be one tenth of all 

 taken in those waters. 



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

 the profits of a voyage by the privilege to fishVithiu three marine miles 

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

 Only for two months in a year is there auyadvautage, and this is mainly 

 confined to catching the per cent of Mackerel before stated. 



20. Do the American fishermen gain under the Treaty of Washington 

 any valuable rights of landing 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? American fishermen do not repack fish until they 



rive home the other rights except transhipping cargos are of no 



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



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



American Provinces as to the people of the United States? Yes. I 



no doubt of it a large portion of fishermen and fish dealers believe 



iliout the repeal of the duty the former would gain as much as 



tter, but with the repeal, the opinion is nearly if not quite univer- 



OIIR intelligent and practical men that the balance of gain, ifanv, 



IH with the people of the Provinces. 



