3054 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



an advantage to the ports of the dominion to have the fishing ves- 

 sels 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. Yes; during the Reciprocity Treaty nearly the 

 whole American Fleet refitted in Canso & Charlottetowu. In some cases 

 their Outfitts amounting to 81,500. 1 should think the Mackerel Fleet 

 would average $000. 



'27. Have you any knowledge of how many United States fishing- 

 vessels yearly engage in the fisheries off the Atlantic coasts of the 

 British North American Provinces, (excluding Newfoundland,) both with- 

 out aud within the three-mile limit ? If so, state how many vessels are 

 so engaged, 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 

 proportion, 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 660 Vessels are 

 annually engaged they average about 60 tons worth 860 pr ton $2,350,- 

 000 employing 8,000 men. 



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 miles 

 of the coast ; whence is such profits derived ; and in what does it con- 

 sist ? In case we are deprived of Fishing at the mouths of the rivers, 

 the Fishey would be entirely valueless 



29. Do the American fishermen gain under the Treaty of Washington 

 any valuable rights of landing to dry nets and cure fish, or to repack 

 them, or to transship cargoes, which were not theirs before ; if so, what 

 are those rights, and what do you estimate them to be worth annually, 

 in the aggregate ? No, the Canadians are more beuefitted than we are 



30. Is not the Treaty of Washington, so far as the fishing clauses are 

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

 North American Provinces as to the people of the United States ? It is 

 more benefit to the Canadians than to the American Fisherman 



31. What is the amount and value of colonial cargoes of fish of all 

 descriptions which are annually shipped to the United States ! See 

 report of U. S. Statistics 



32. For all No. 1 and No. 2 mackerel, for the larger part of the fat 

 herring, and for all No. 1 salmon, does not the United States afford the 

 only market. No Fat Mackerel & Bering are shipped anywhere ex- 

 cept the U. S. 



33. If you know what amount of duties is annually paid to the Uni- 

 ted States on fish and fish-oil imported from Canada, which are to be 

 made free under the provisions of the Treaty of Washington, please 

 state them, annually aud by classes, from 1854 to 1872, inclusive. See 

 Ki>l>rt f roui Beaureou of Statistics 



34. If you know what amount of duties is annually paid in Canada 

 on fish and fish-oil imported from the United States, which are to be 

 made free under the provisions of the said Treaty, please state them an- 

 nually, and by classes, from 1854 to 1872, inclusive. The amount of 

 remission of Duties on Canadian Fish and the free market of the U. S 

 for their Mackerel, & other Fish, Saving of Expenses of Cutters, And 

 the benefits of a large trade from the American Vessels, the admission 

 to our coasts for Menhaden & Mackerel, will aggregate an advantage 



: nearly $2,0<H),ooo a year in gross amount For this we obtain the 

 nvilege of persuing a fishery, which after deducting expenses will not 

 t to the American Fisherman 810,000 pr year 



