AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3Q09 



3 t . If y ! l k ! loi r* hafc amount of duties is annually paid in (Janad* 

 on hsh and hsb-oil imported from the United States, which an- to I*, 

 made free under the provisions of the said Treaty, please state them 

 annually, and by classes, from 18.34 to 1871', inclusive. 



The object of these inquiries is to ascertain whether the right* iu 

 respect ot fishing, and fishermen, and fish, which were granted to Great 

 Britain by the Treaty of Washington, are or are not a just equivalent 

 for the rights m those respects which were granted by W iil Treaty to 

 the United States. If you know anything bearing U'IM.H this *iihj.-,-t 

 which you have not already stated in reply to previous qu.-stions 

 please state it as fully as if you had been specially inquired of 111 re' 

 spect of it ? 



I solmnly sincerely & truly swear that the foregoing Statement.* are 

 true & correct to the bests of my knowledge & belief so help nu 

 God. 



JOHN CONLEY 



Sworn to before me this 14th day June 1873 



M N RICEI 



Dep Collector. (SEAL.) 



No. 10. 

 [CONFIDENTIAL.] 



QUESTIONS RESPECTING THE FISHERIES TO BE PRO. 



POUNDED TO ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED 



STATES. 



1. What is your name and age, and in what town ami State do you 

 reside ? O. B. Whitten; 34 Portland Maine 



2. What opportunities have you had for becoming acquainted with 

 the American and Canadian Atlantic sea-fisheries, ami thfe value of the 

 catch of the different kinds of fish ? Have been iu the fish business tea 

 years 



3. Can you give the names of other persons in your neighborhood 

 who have also had the opportunity of obtaining similar information ! If 

 so, please give some such name. T. C. Lewis Abel Chase C. .M. Trefe- 

 than K. T. Sterling 



4. A copy of the Treaty between Great Britain and the United States 

 known as the Treaty of Washington, is hereto annexed. Will you ex- 

 amine articles 18 to 22, inclusive, and state that you have done no ? 

 Have examined the articles referred to above 



5. What kinds of fish frequent the waters of your Stato, especia 

 those which are to be thrown open to the Canadian fishermen under the 

 provisions of the Treaty of Washington .' Cod Haddock Pollock 

 Mackerel Herring and Pohagen 



6. Can you give a statement of the kinds and quantites'of I 

 annually off the coast of your State from the years 1ST4 to 1: 

 sive? If you can do this please do so; and if not, please ataU- 

 that information can be procured. Unable to state 



7. If you are able to do so, will you state the amount i 

 American fisheries which are to be thrown open to Canadian 

 under the provisions of the Treaty of Washington f 



.iu detail, showing the different kinds of fish, and the value t 

 Cannot say 

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