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annually off the coast of your State from the years 1.H54 to 18"'J, inclu 

 sive? If you can do this please do so; and if not, pleaae state win -t- 

 that information can be procured. 



7. If you are able to do so, will you state the amount and value 01 

 the American fisheries which are to be thrown open to Canadian flnlM-r 

 men under the provisions of the Treaty of Washington? I'Utiite ntat 

 them in detail, showing the different kinds of fish, and the value of each 

 kind. 



8. What quantity and value of each kind of fish are annually taken 

 by Canadian fishermen, and what by American fishermen, in the wau>nt 

 off the coasts which are to be thrown open to competition by the Treaty 

 of Washington? 



9. Do Canadian fishermen procure bait or supplies in the waten of 

 your State ? and if so, to what extent and value ? They do not. 



10. What is the probable annual value to Canadian fishermen in be- 

 ing able to procure bait, to laud and dry their nets, and to repack anil 

 cure their fish on the coasts of your State, without any other restriction 

 than that contained in the Treaty of Washington t 



11. Will the admission of Canadian fishermen to our in-shore fisheries 

 cause any detriment or hiuderance to the profitable pursuit of them; 

 fisheries by our own fishermen j and if so, in what manner, and to what 

 extent annually. 



12. What number of Canadian vessels and boats are engaged in the 

 fisheries of your State, and what are their tonnage and* value, and the 

 number of men employed upon them ! Not any at present. 



13. Of the fisheries pursued by American fishermen off the Atlantic 

 coasts of the British North American Provinces, what projx>rtion con- 

 sist of the deep-sea fisheries, and what proportion of the in-shore fish- 

 eries ? 



14. For what description of fish do American fishermen pursue the in 

 shore fisheries ? Cod, and Mackerel. 



15. If you state that the in shore fisheries are pursued wholly or chiefly 

 for mackerel, please state what proportion of mackerel is taken within 

 the in-shore limits, and what proportion is taken outside of the in shore 

 limits .' 



16. Is not much the larger quantity of mackerel caught by American 

 fishermen oft' the coasts of British America taken outside the in-shore 

 limits ; and in the summer season especially, are not mackerel gen- 

 erally found on the banks, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and not within 

 shore ? The larger quantity are taken oil' shore. 



17. Are colonial fishermen injured by permitting American fishermen 

 to fish in Colonial iu-shore waters ? I should say not. 



18. Are not more fish caught by Colonial fishermen, when 



shore, alongside a fleet of American fish ing- vessels, from which Urj 

 quantities of bait are thrown out, than when fishing alone ? 

 That has been my experience. 



19. What is the best bait for the mackerel, and where is it pn 

 pally taken ? How much of it is taken within three miles of the * 

 and what is the annual value to the United States, or t 

 Provinces, as the case may be, to take such bait within three 

 the shore ? Porgee & Menhaden, principally taken from Lon 



N Y. to the coast of Maine. 



20. Please state as to each class of fisheries carried on ( 

 State or district, the cost of fitting out, equipping, furm 

 manning a vessel for carrying it on, estimating it by the ave 



of the cruise. State, as far as possible, in detail the elements whkfc go 



