3004 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



than iu the States, vessels can be built for less, because wood and iron 

 is cheeper. Salt is cheeper than any other articles 



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

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

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

 fisheries ? only as a dealer and buyer of their fish 



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

 be thrown open to American fishermen under the provisions of the Treaty 

 of Washington ? Herring, Mackerel, Cod, &c. 



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 iu the adjacent waters which are no more than three miles dis- 

 tant from the shore; please state these facts in detail. I do not know. 



25. Do American fishermen procure bait iu 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. Herring princapally for winter 

 fishing which they purchase of the inhabitants and will continue to pur- 

 chase, as the inhabitants can sell for less than our fishermen can catch 

 them I do not know the amount, but should estimate it at ten thou- 

 sand dollars or more 



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 1 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 to some extent in Halifax, N. S., 

 Port Mulgrave & Port Hood, C. B., Charlotte town & Georgetown, 

 P. E. I., and other Ports of less note, and will after the Treaty takes 

 effect to a large extent. It must be a decided advantage to people of 

 those Ports to be able to supply our vessels with Fresh Provisions 

 Potatoes &c and I know that they felt it to be a sad blow to them 

 when the former Treaty was abrogated, and I have been solicited by 

 parties iu trade at Halifax, Port Mulgrave and Charlotte Town to send 

 my vessels to them for supplies, and have done So 



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

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

 ish 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 touuage, 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 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 ? I have no statistics, of the above, 

 but should estimate the number tobe Five or Six hundred Valued at 

 some Two hundred and titty Thousand dollars, manned by some five or 

 Six thousand men, Cod and Mackerel, should estimate the value at three 

 Million Dollars iu round numbers, and should estimate the amount taken 

 inshore or within three miles at not more than ten per cent, or three 

 hundred thousand, and I do not believe that it will exceed that amount 

 after the Treaty takes effect. 



28. What per&ntage of value, if any, is, in your judgment, added to 

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



