:">020 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



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

 fish and h'sh-oil imported from the United States, which are to be made 

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

 and by classes, from 1834 to 1872 inclusive. 



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

 respect of lishing, 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 

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



I Marshall N. Rich do solmnly sincerely & truly swear that the fore- 

 going statements are true & correct to the best of my knowledge & be- 

 lif So help me God 



MARSHALL X. RICH. 



Sworn before me this 12th day of June 1873 (Seal.) 



D MORTLOR 

 Defy Collr, Justice of the Peace 



[CONFIDENTIAL.] 



QUESTIONS RESPECTING THE FISHERIES TO BE PRO- 

 POUNDED TO ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED 



STATES. 



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

 reside ? Noah Swett 47 Wellfleet Massachusetts. 



2. What opportunities have you had for becoming acquainted with 

 the American and Canadian Atlantic sea-fisheries, and the value of the 

 catch of the different kinds of fish ? Have been engaged in the mack- 

 erel fishery 35 years. 15 years as catcher, 20 years as Inspector. Never 

 have visited the Canadian waters. 



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. 



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 ? 

 Have examined the articles mentioned 



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, Mackerel, & Menha- 



ii or Pogis are the Principal varieties of great value 

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

 j- off the coasts of your State from the years 1854 to 1S72, in- 

 t you can do this please do so ; and if not. please state where 

 [formation can be procured. The Reports of the Inspector Geu- 

 give the total catch of Mackerel for those years but will include 

 i with the home catch, and it will be difficult I think to find a 

 atementofeacu. Am not aware that any public record of 

 U.P catch of Cod on our shores has been kept. 



\ ,' U a i re - lble ^ (1 80 win y u state tlie amount and value of the 



i8her.es which are to be thrown open to Canadian fishermen, 



