AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3011 



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 return 

 ing to the home port. It will cost to build and fit out a vessel of UK) 

 tons for cod-fishing to be absent the average time say three mouth* 

 $12000 For mackerel fishing $11530 



Cod fishing Cost of Vessel 9500 



" " " " Provisions J200 



" " " " Salt 450 



" " " " Dories 350 



" " " " Bait 500 



14000 



Mackerel fisl 



ng, cost of Vem*l 



Provuk'M 1WW 



" Salt |ao 



" Bit 3uo 



" liarreU Goo 



111660 



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

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

 from the Dominion of Canada, including Prince Ivlward Island, MO far 

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

 tween the cost of the Canadian and the cost of the American vessel in 

 these respects, explain what the difference is, and the reason for it. 

 Should say that Canadian vessells can be built and fitted for nearly one 

 half less than American material for building is less They use a 

 poorer class of vessels and provision them at a very small expense 



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

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

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

 these fisheries? Acquainted with the cod and mackerel fisheries 

 nearly ten years both curing cod-fish and inspecting mackerel 



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

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

 Treaty of Washington ? Mackerel mostly 



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. 



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? Sometimes the American fishermen take bait 

 within three miles of the coast of the Dominion of Canada but to a very 

 small extent 



26. Do not the American fishermen purchase supplies in the ]>orU of 

 the Dominion of Canada, including bait, ice, salt, barrels, provision*, 

 and various articles for the use of the men engaged in the fisheries 



so, in what ports, and to what extent ? And, if that is the case, 

 not an advantage to the ports of the Dominion to have the t: 

 sels of the United States in their neighborhood during the I 

 son f Explain why it is so, and estimate, if you can, the money-v 

 of that advantage. They do purchase supplies in the port!} of 

 million of Canada American fishermen frequently land their cai 

 mackerel and ship them to American ports then they are ob 

 get an entire outfit, and it is a great advantage to have the t 

 fishing-vessels 



27. Have vou anv knowledge of how many United i 



sels yearly engage in the fisheries off the Atlantic coasts of the 1 

 North American Provinces, (excluding Newfoundland,) both i 

 and within the three-mile limit ? If so, state how many v 

 engaged, what is the value of their tonnage, what is the nuiul* 



