3008 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



to bo thrown open to American fishermen under the provisions of the 

 Treaty of Washington 1 Cod and Pollock principally. 



24. Please state in detail the amount and the annual value (say from 

 1834 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. Do not know. 



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 ? Should think not to any great extent or value. 



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 I 

 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 purchase supplies in most all the 

 ports on the fishing coast, and is consequently of advantage to the in- 

 habitants of the different ports. 



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 I 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 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 ? Cannot state how many 

 vessels are employed or the amount of fish taken. 



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? 

 Only a small part of the fish are taken within three miles of the coast, 

 and the profit not large compared with the outside fishery. 



29. 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 j if so, 

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

 nually, in the aggregate f Do not think they do, to any great extent. 



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 consider 

 the advantage fully equal and beneficial. 



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

 descriptions which are annually shipped to the United States ? Cannot 

 say. 



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. 1 think it does to a large extent. 



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 state 

 them annually, and by classes, from 1854 to 1872, inclusive. Cannot 

 state. 



