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and could 



such information. 



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 mile* 

 of the coast; whence is such profit derived; and in what does it con- 

 sist! It is of no value to any but mackerel fisherman 



29. Do the American fishermen gain under the Treaty of Wash ing- 

 ton anv valuable rights of landing to dry nets and cure fish, or to rep;i.-k 

 them, Dr 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 American fisheman consider themselves as sur- 

 rendering more than they receive and gain no rights in drying and cur- 

 ing fish which they did not possess before 



30. Is not the Treaty of Washington, so far as the fishing clause* at* 

 concerned, more, or quite as, beneficial to the people of the British North 

 American Provinces as to the people of the United States! More so 



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

 descriptions which are annually shipped to the United States T I can- 

 not state 



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

 ring, and for all No. 1 salmon, does not the United States afford the only 

 market. It does the only market 



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

 State on fish and fish-oil imported from Canada, which are to be made 

 free under the provisions of the Treaty of Washington, please state 

 them annually, and by classes, from 1854 to 1872, inclusive. I cannot. 



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

 on fish and fish-oil imported from the United States, which are to be 

 made free under the provisions of the said Treaty, please state them an- 

 nually, and by classes, from 1854 to 1872, inclusive. I do not. 



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

 respect of fishing, and fishermen, and fish, which were granted to (treat 

 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 state 

 it as fully as if you had been specially inquired of in respect of it. A* 

 I have before stated the value of in shore fisheries accrues to the beiiefl 

 of the mackerel fisherman only, as the Codfishery is a deep sea fishery 

 and is cheifly pursued on the Banks of Newfoundland, and the treaty 

 which allows fish & oil from the Provinces to come in free of < 

 must seriously interfere with the value of our own catch in our own mar- 

 kets as we cannot with increased cost of outfit* & vessels, coni|Ht 

 successfully with these fisherman. The mackerel flsheman feel tint 

 opening our coast to their fisherman in procuring Bait and in npplj 

 our markets with fresh fish and mackerel, which on our coast are 



rior in quality, is surrendering a greater value than any advantage 

 the treaty opens up to our fisherman in the Bay of s't Lauren^ 

 quantity of mackerel caught on our coast is much greater 

 caught on their coast and the price of mackerel of our coast 

 command usually 25 % per cent, more than that caught 

 Laurence. The Fresh fish trade which has increased 

 few years and is now increasing by the opening up of Had 



