3012 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



employed annually ou 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? 



2S. 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 ! 



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

 any valuable rights of lauding 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 ? They do not 



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 ? A 

 far greater benefit to the people of British North American Provinces 

 than to the people of the United States 



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

 descriptions which are annually shipped to the United States ? 



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. Yes 



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. 



34. If you know what amount of duties is annually paid in Canada 

 on fish and fish-oil imported from the United States, which are to be 

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

 nually, and by classes, from 1854 to 1872, inclusive. 



35. The object of these inquiries is to ascertain whether the rights in 

 respect of 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 in those respects which were granted by said Treaty to the 

 United States. If you know anything bearing upon this subject which 

 you have not already stated in reply to previous questions, please state 

 it as fully as if you had been specially inquired of in respect of it. 



I solmnly sincerely S: truly swear that the foregoing statements 

 are true & correct to the best of my knowledge & belief. So help me 

 (lod. 



O. B. WHITEN 



Sworn to Vefore 



M N RICH 

 l>ep Collector 



No. 11. 

 [CONFIDENTIAL.] 



QUESTIONS RESPECTING THE FISHERIES TO BE PRO- 

 POUNDED TO S B CHASE ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED 

 STATES. 



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

 Stephen B Chase reside in Portland Main am 67 years old 



