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miles of the coast of the Dominion of Canada ? If HO, to what extent 

 and what is the value? Have heard that they do occasionally. 



2G. Do not the American fishermen purchase supplies in the port* of 

 the Dominion of Canada, including bait, ice, salt, ham-Is, provision*, 

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

 so, in what ports, and to what extent ? And, if that is the cam*, 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. Yes to some extent at Halifax Yarmouth Cape Breton 

 & other places, and is an advantage to the ports of the Dominion, in 

 furnishing supplies, &c, 



27. Have you any knowledge of how many United States flhhing-vea- 

 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 

 engaged, what is the value of their tonnage, what is the numl>er 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 projMir- 

 tion, 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? I cannot say how many'U. 

 S. vessels are yearly engaged or how many men employed The, 

 kinds of fish caught is previously stated the portion caught within 

 3 miles of the British, coast is not over 10 per cent I think 



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 con- 

 sist ? Perhaps ten per cent, as by such previledges, they can fish to bet- 

 ter advantage near the shore for two months in the year. 



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

 any valuable rights of landing 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 ? The fish caught by our fishermen are not repacked t 

 they arrive home. Transhipping cargoes will be of some value. There 

 will be no other rights acquired by the treaty that I can now see. 



30. Is not the Treaty of Washington, so tar as the fishing clause 

 concerned, more, or quite as, beneficial to the people of the British \>n 

 American Provinces as to the people of the United States ! 



judge the ''Treaty" to be as beneficial to the British North Amen 

 Provinces, in every respect as to the people of the United States- 

 Houses will be established by American dealers at favorable j>o 

 shipment in the British Provinces to secure the advantage: 

 labour. 



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

 descriptions which are annually shipped to the United : 

 answer, 



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

 herring, and for all No. 1 salmon, does not the tinted 5 



only market f Yes so far as my knowledge goes. 



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

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



free under the provisions of the Treaty of tt ashmgton. pleatei 

 them annually, and by classes, from 18o4 to 18.2, inclusive. 

 tell, 



