3044 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



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 iu-shore 

 limits! Nine tenths ( T 9 ff ) offshore. One tenth ( T L) on shore. 



1C. Is not much the larger quantity of mackerel caught by American 

 fishermen on the coasts of British America taken outside the in-shore 

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

 found on the banks, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and not within shore ? 

 Yes. A very large proportion caught outside 



17. Are Colonial fishermen injured by permitting American fishermen 

 to fish in Colonial in-shore waters ? No. 



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

 shore, alongside a fleet of American fishing-vessels, from which large 

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



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

 taken ? How much of it is taken within three miles of the shore, and 

 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 ! Menhaden taken from American waters all in shore. Fifty 

 thousand dollars benefit to the British provinces. 



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

 or district, the cost of fitting out, equipping, furnishing, and manning a 

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

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

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

 to the home port. Menhaden, Mackerel, Codfish, Herring, Blue fish, 

 Lobsters, Porgies, Haddock, Hake, Halibut, Sword & Week fish. Cost 

 of Schooner $12,000 Fitting, equipping, & furnishing for a cruise of 

 Thirty days, or more $6,000 



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

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

 from the Dominion of Canada, including Prince Edward Island, so 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 vessel in 

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

 timated expense of Canadian Vessel, one half of the same kind or class 

 of Vessel built in the United States. On account of the inferior mate- 

 rials and workmanship, also cheapness of labor. 



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 these 

 fisheries ? I am, for Twenty years having fished ou their Coasts for 

 Codfish & Mackerel. 



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 ? Codfish, Mackerel, Herring, Lobster. 



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 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; please state these facts in detail. Uncertain as to cor- 

 rect figures. Question 27 seems to embrace some of the information 

 sought. 



2.3. Do American fishermen procure bait in the waters within three 

 miles of the coast of the Dominion of Canada ? If so, to what extent, 



