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from tbe shore; please state these facts in detail. For the n-n pre- 

 ceding years our fishermen from Capo Cod especially have not f r .. 

 quented to any great extent the Bay of St. Lawrence for yearn not 

 a vessel went there from this town (Wellfleet) Our shore fishery proving 

 so much surer and productive than that of the Hay Since wining ha* 

 become so popular Our hook fishermen are turning; their attention that 

 way. to avoid cruising on the same ground with the seiners 



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

 miles of the coast of the Dominion of Canada ! If so. to what \t-nt. 

 and what is the value ? Am iiot aware that they proctir bait at all hi 

 the Canadian Waters 



26. Do not the American fishermen purchase supplies in the JHITU of 

 the Dominion of Canada, including bait, ice, salt, barrels, proviftion*. 

 and various articles for the use of the men engaged in the fiaherien ? 

 If so, in what ports, and to what extent f And, if that is the cane, i* 

 it not an advantage to the ports of the Dominion to have the finning. 

 vessels of the United States iu their neighborhood during the fishing 

 season 1 Explain why it is so, and estimate, if you can, the money- 

 value of that advantage. The Ports in Gut of'Canso. Georgetown. 

 Charlottetown Malpec & Cascumpec are largely indebted to the Ameri- 

 can fishermen for their custom. During the Reciprocity treaty them* 

 places flourished from the gains derived from that source. Since \,\wt 

 treaty has been cancelled those same places have suffered severely from 

 being unable to furnish supplies to American vessels 



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 

 engaged, 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- 

 portion, 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 ! 



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? Of course it will be a convenience to fish in shore. When we wen? 

 denied that privilege fishermen kept more at sea, did not frequent 

 harbors so often and employed more time in business, deducting what 

 they would catch off shore during the time used in shore, and am 

 time saved I think the privilege quite valueless. 



29. Do the American fishermen gain under the Treaty of 



any valuable rights of landing to dry nets and cure fish, or to rvp 

 them, or to transship cargoes, which were not theirs before ; 

 are those rights, and what do you estimate them to be wort 

 in the aggregate? Am not aware that the American 

 valuable right in this way that they do not now possess. 



30. Is not the Treaty of Washington, so far as the fishing c 

 concerned, more, or quite as, beneficial to the people of the I 

 American Provinces as to the people of the United J: 



men of the United States are a unit in deciding that the I 

 them 



31. What is the amount and value of colonial cargoes 

 descriptions which are annually shipped to the I 



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



