AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



American fishermen are caught within the in-shore limits, that more 

 than three quarters are taken outside. 



10. Is not much the larger quantity of mackerel caught by American 

 fishermen oil the coasts of British America taken outside the in-shore 

 limits ; and in the summer season especially, are not mackerel generally 

 found on the banks, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and not within 

 shore ? Yes from the best information I have. 



17. Are Colonial fishermen injured by permitting American fishermen 

 to fish in Colonial in shore waters ? I have heard Canadian fishermen 

 or coasters say, that it was rather an advantage in the wayof trade to 

 have American fishermen in their waters than otherwise farther I can- 

 not say. 



18. Are not more fish caught by Colonial fishermen, when fishing in- 

 shore, alongside a fleet of American fishing-vessels, from which large 

 quantities of bait are thrown out, than when fishing alone ? I cannot 

 say from personal knowledge, 



19. What is the best bait for the mackerel, and where is it principally 

 taken ! IIow much of it is taken within three miles of the shore, and 

 what is the annual value to the United States, or to the British Prov- 

 inces, as the case may be, to take such bait within three miles of the 

 shore ? Porgies principally taken within three miles of the shore. 



20. Please state as to each class of fisheries carried on from your State 

 or district, the cost of fitting out, equipping, furnishing, and manning 

 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 goto 

 make up the cost of taking and delivering a full cargo and of returning 

 to the home port. Vessels of 60 to 70 tons costing 8 to 9 thousand 

 dollars are the prevailing class of craft employed by the Elaine fish- 

 ermen and to " fit out " for a mackerel cruise complete ; costs from 

 $2,300 to 83,000 per annum and they make three sometimes four cruises 

 a year, 



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 Edward Island, so 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. I 

 cannot state the cost of fitting & manning Canadian fishermen but 

 think they must be very much less, as they are not so large & costly 

 vessels as those employed by American fishermen, 



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

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

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



isheries ? Only from such information as I have acquired in my busi- 

 ness relations with the American fishermen & dealers and casual con- 

 versation with Canadian Coasters, 



2.J. 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 Pollock, & Herring. 



24. Please state in detail the amount and the annual value (say from. 

 834 to 1S72 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. I am not able to 

 answer intelligably, 



25. Do American fishermen procure bait in the waters within three 



