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of these fisheries ? I am for Twenty five years having fished on thir 

 coasts for codfish & mackerel. 



23. What kind offish frequent the waters of those coast* which are 

 to be thrown open to American fishermen under the provisions of the 

 Treaty of Washington ? Mackerel, Herring, & Lobsters. 



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

 1854 to 1872 inclusive) of the fisheries which are so to b 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 j please state these facts in detail. No answer. See 

 question, 27. 



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 ? Do not procure any bait, not plenty in Cana- 

 dian waters. 



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

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

 and various articles for the use of the men engaged in the fisheries T 

 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- 

 vessels of the United States in their neighborhood during the fishing 

 season ? Explain why it is so, and estimate, if you can, the money- 

 value of that advantage. They do at Halifax and in the ports of tlie 

 straits of Canso & Prince Edward Islands. And it is a great advantage 

 to the Dominion ports to have American vessels on account of trade & 

 trafic, 



27. Have you any knowledge of how many United States fishinjr-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 HO en- 

 gaged, 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 

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

 amount taken outside of the three mile limit ! About one hundred and 

 fifty sail of Schooners. Valued at one Million five hundred thousand dol- 

 lars; Employing Fifteen hundred men catching Mackerel and codfish 

 valued at seven hundred thousand dollars, ope tenth (j s ) within three 

 miles and nine tenths ( T %) outside the three mile limit 



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 consist 1 

 About one tenth ( T ^) when the fish lay in shore and cannot be taken ofl 

 shore. 



29. Do the American fishermen gain under the Treaty of \\ ash 

 ton any valuable rights of lauding to dry nets and cure fish, or t 

 pack them, or to transship cargoes, which were not theirs lMfon> ; 

 what are those rights, and what do you estimate thorn to lx v 

 Dually, in the aggregate ? I do not consider it of any value to Am 

 fishermen 



30. Is not the Treaty of Washington, so far as the f 

 concerned, more, or quite as, beneficial to the people of theBrTO 

 American provinces as to the people of the United States 

 benefit to the Provinces, than the United states. 



31. What is the amount and value of colonial cargoc 

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