.>016 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



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 and truly swear that the foregoing statements 

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



STEPHEN B CHASE 



Sworn before me this 13th day of June 1873 



M N RICH, 



Dep. Collector. 

 No. 12. 



[CONFIDENTIAL.] 



QUESTIONS RESPECTING THE FISHERIES TO BE PRO- 

 POUNDED TO , ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED 



STATES. 



I, Marshall N. Rich, make the following answers to the several ques- 

 tions propounded to me, respecting the fisheries on behalf of the U. S: 



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

 reside ? Marshall N Rich reside in Portland Maine am 42 years of 

 age. 



2. What opportunities have you had for becoming acquainted with 

 the American and Canadian Atlantic sea fisheriee, and the value of the 

 catch of the different kinds of fish ? I have been Secretary of the 

 Board of Trade of this city for the past ten years published a commer- 

 cial paper for seven years in which capacities it has engaged much 

 of my time in preparing & collating statistics and trade reports. I have 

 also been Deputy Collector of Customs for this port for nearly five 

 years, and am at this time, 



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. VV. S. Dana, E. G. Willard, George 

 Trefetlien, Emery Cushing, Geo. F. Lovett, John Conley & others. 



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 so? I 

 have examined Articles 18 and 22 inclusive of the "Treaty of Wash- 



5. What kinds of fish frequent the waters of your State, especially 

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

 provisions of the Treaty of Washington ? Cod, Pollock, Hake, Haddock, 

 Mackerel, Herring, & " Porgies" (chiefly.) 



;. Can you give a statement of the kinds and quantities of fish taken 

 annually off the coast of your State from the years 1854 to 1872, inclu- 

 If you can do this, please do so; and if not, please state where 

 that information can be procured. Of the kinds of fish previously enu- 

 merated, including Cod-liver Oil. The value of that purchased in this 

 rket, is not much short of two and a half million dollars annually, of 



Inch, probably not one twentieth part are caught on that part of the 



'OsiHt to be thrown open by the " Treaty." I cannot state where the in- 

 lormatioD asked can be procured. 



