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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 ? they do sometimes but to small extent. 



26. Do not the American fishermen purchase supplies in the |K>rt of 

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

 and various articles for the use of the men engaged in thn fisheries : if 

 so, in what ports, and to what extent? And, it 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 T 

 Explain why it is so, and estimate, if you can, the money-value of that 

 advantage. They do and will more largely when the treaty takes ef- 

 fect, and will prove a valuable trade to the Province 



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

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

 North American Provinces (excluding Newfoundland) both without and 

 within the three-mile limit? If so, state how many vessels are so en- 

 gaged, 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|M>r- 

 tion, or probable proportion, in your judgment, of the amount of mic'li 

 catch taken within three miles of the British coast, and of the amount 

 taken outside of the three mile limit? I have no knowledge of the 

 Number of Vessels employed or how many 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? 

 onley for a short time in the fall, and is mainly confined the per cent, ol 

 mackerel before stated 



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? Americans do not repack fish until they arrive homo 

 the other rights excepting transshipping cargo is of no value 



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 have no 

 doubt of it and in conversation with both class of Fisherman the I 

 minion Fishermen are better satisfied than our own with the Treaty 

 according to there own statements 



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

 descriptions which are annually shipped to the United States 

 say 



32. For all No. 1 and No. 2 mackerel, for the larger part of 

 herring, and for all No. 1 salmon, does not the United : 



only market. Yes. 



33. If you know what amount of duties is annually paid to tl 

 States on fish and fish-oil imported from Canada, which are to 

 free under the provisions of the Treaty of Washington, please s 

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



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

 flsli and fish-oil imported from the United States, which are to b 

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

 and by classes, from 1854 to 1872, inclusive. 



