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quantities of bait are tbrown out, than when fishing alone? Should 

 think the Colonial fishermen would be the gainers in the end bv bavin 

 the mackerel baited up for them. 



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

 taken ! How much of it is taken within three miles ot th,- *|iure. anil 

 what is the annual value to the United States, or to the British Prov. 

 inces, as the case may be, to take such bait within three miles of the 

 shore ! The Porgie is considered the best bait for the Mackerel, in taken 

 all along the Shores & Rivers, Long Island Sound, Connecticut l:iv.-r 

 Pleasant Bay, Boston Bay, off Portsmouth, Portland, and all along the 

 Eastern Shore. 



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

 State or district, the cost of fitting out, equipping, furnishing, and man- 

 ning a vessel for carrying it on, estimating it by the average length of 

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

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

 to the home port. For a Vessel of Seventy tons, manned by 10 men for 

 a trip of 3 months to the Banks for Cod Fish 



Vessel |70o 00 



Provisions $500. Salt 350 , 



Bait $290. Dories $200 ttoloo 



Fish lines Leads $50. Sundries 100 J.Vt. u) 



Metis Wages | , 7ou. w) 



Total 13. (00. 00 



21. When you have fully answered question 20, please answer tbe 

 same questions as to vessels fitted out, equipped, furnished, and manned 

 from the Dominion of Canada, including Prince Edward Island, HO far 

 as you are able to do so. If you state that there is any difference be 

 tween the cost of the Canadian and the cost of the American veasel in 

 these respects, explain what the difference is and the reason for it. 



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 tbeae 

 fisheries ? 



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 ? 



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

 1854 to 1872 inclusive) of the fisheries which are so to be throw n open to 

 American fishermen ; also the amount and the annual value of the catch 

 in the adjaceut waters which are more than three miles distant from the 

 shore; please state these facts in detail. 



25. Do American fishermen procure bait in the waters w 



miles of the coast of the Dominion of Canada f It so, to what extent, 

 and what is the va]ue ? They do procure bait witbio 3 miles of the 

 above coast. 



26. Do not the American fishermen purchase supplies- in tl 

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

 and various articles for the use of tbe men engaged in the tUhen 

 so, in what ports, and to what extent .' And, if that is tho CMC. I 

 not an advantage to the ports of the Dominion to have tbe 

 vessels of the United States in their neighborhood during t 

 season? Explain why it is so, and estimate if you can, t 

 value of that advantage. Auiericau fishermen do purcbMei 

 such as Salt, Bait, Ice, Barrels, and provisions &c in the 1 

 dominion of Canada. 



