3030 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



the cruise. State, as far as possible, in detail the elements which go to 

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

 to the home port. Cost of fitting & furnishing vessels for cpdfishery 

 exclusive of 1st cost of vessel & wages would be for one trip, about 

 25 per ton of vessel engaged in deep sea fisheries or Estimating catch 

 as a full one about 2.00 per Ql currency, not including wages of men 

 which would vary considerably. 



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 between the 

 cost of the Canadian and the cost of the American vessel in these re- 

 spects, explain what the difference is and the reason for it. I can- 

 not state with any accuracy as to the cost of fitting vessels from Cana- 

 dian ports, but it is much less on all articles of foreign importation used, 

 as duties are much less on all such articles than in U. States The 

 cost of their vessels is much less, not exceeding of the cost of simi- 

 lar class of vessels built here their salt cost them less also, which is 

 quite an item in curing of fish and Lumber, chains & anchors are also 

 free of duty, costing not over of prices of such articles here. 



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

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

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

 fisheries ? I am not acquainted to any extent. 



23. 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 ! Mackeril & Herrings only. 



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

 1851 to 1872 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 cannot. 



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

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

 and what is the value ! Not that I am aware of. 



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

 the Dominion of Canada, including bait, ice, salt, barrels, provisions, 

 and various articles for the use of the men engaged in the fisheries ? If 

 so, in what ports, and to what extent ? And, if that is the case, is it 

 not an advantage to the ports of the Dominion to have the fishing ves- 

 sels of the United States in their neighborhood during the fishing sea- 

 son? Explain why it is so, and estimate, if you can, the money- value of 

 that advantage. Supplies are purchased to a considerable extent in all 

 the Ports of Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton ; and Nova Scotia and 

 the trade must be of considerable value The amount I am unable to 

 state. 



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 

 Mich catch taken within three miles of the British coast, and of the 

 amount taken outside of the three-mile limit ? I cannot state with any 



