AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3039 * 



No. 18. 



[CONFIDENTIAL.] 



QUESTIONS RESPECTING TOE FISIIKKIKS TO UK PKO 



POUNDED TO ON UKIIALF OF TIIK UNIT I h 



STATES. 



1. What is your name and age, ami in what town and StuUs do >ou 

 reside? Elisha Crowell ; Brooklyn. New-York. 59 Years 



2. What opportunities have you had for becoming acquainted with 

 the American and Canadian Atlantic sea-fisheries, and the valuw of the 

 catch of the different kinds of fish! Twenty five years experience in 

 catching, buying and selling fish 



3. Can you give the names of other persons in your neighborhood 

 who have also had the opportunity of obtaining similar information T 

 If so, please give some such name. Caleb Nickersou, Esq. Brooklyn. 



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New York. 



4. A copy of the Treaty between Great Britain and the United State*, 

 known as the Treaty of Washington, is hereto annexed. Will you ex 

 amine articles 18 to 22 inclusive, and state that you have done so T 1 

 have. 



5. What kinds of fish frequent the waters of your State, esjMJcially 

 those which are to be thrown open to the Canadian fishermen uuder the 

 provisions of the Treaty of Washiugtop f Mackerel. Herring. Codtinli. 

 Haddock. Hake. Bass. Shad. Porgies. Meuhaddeu. Spanish Mucker Eels 

 Lobsters. Bluefish. Sword & Week fish 



6. Can you give a statement of the kinds and quantities of fish taken 

 annually off the coast of your State from the years 1854 to 187U, inclu- 

 sive ? If you can do this please do so; and if not, please state where 

 that information can be procured. 



Mackerel 75.000 Barrels. Menhadeu. 500.000 Bblf. 



Codfish 70.000 Quintals. Haddock. I5.0OO BbU. 



Bluefish 75.000 Bbls. All other kiud 



Lobsters. MKOOO Bbls. Annually. 



Porgies-. 50.000 Bbls. 



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

 American fisheries which are to be thrown open to Canadian fishermen 

 under the provisions of the Treaty of Washington ? Please state them 

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



1 estimate from waters in and adjacent to this state (X Y.) about ! 

 (9) Million dollars in Mackerel alone. All other Kinds of 

 Ten (10) Million dollars. 



8. What quantity and value of each kind of fish are ant 

 by Canadian fishermen, and what by American fishermen, u 

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

 of Washington? Have no estimate. 



9. Do Canadian fishermen procure bait or supplies in tl 

 your State? and if so, to what extent and value ! 



from our waters, but purchase from the Lnited I 



10. What is the probable annual value to Canadian t Ulierin 

 ing able to procure bait, to land and dry their nets, and 

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

 than that contained in the Treaty of Washington! 



value, except the priviledge of procuring bait from t 



11. Will the admission of Canadian fishermen to our inshore I 



