AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3067 



18. Are not more fish caught by Colonial fishermen, when lulling m 

 shore, alongside a fleet of American fish ing- vessels, from which hugr 

 quantities of bait are thrown out, than when fishing alone T mont cer- 

 tainly wherever the mackerel are fed they remain. 



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

 taken? How much of it is taken within three miles of the slum', anil 

 what is the annual value to the United States, or to the Briti*h Prov- 

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

 shore ? Clams & Menhaden mixed. 



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 elements whirh go to 

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

 to the home port. For a season's trip to the liny, for Barrels, salt, pro- 

 visions, Insurance, & wear and tear, 3,000. . 



21. When yod have fully answered question L'O, please answer the 

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

 manned from the Dominion of Canada, including 1'rince Kdward Island, 

 so* far as you are able to do so. If you state that there is any differ- 

 ence between 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. not more than one-half the cost of the American vessel The 

 American vessel stands about 100 Dollars per ton rigged and ready for 

 sea, The Canadian about 850. per ton Their men are fed principally 

 on fish and potatoes. Our vessels have the best supplies the market 

 affords 



22. Are you acquainted, and for how long, and in what capacity, with 

 the fisheries on the coasts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, (Jut-bee, or 

 Prince Edward Island, or with either, and if either, with which of these 

 fisheries ! all the 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 ? The Mackerel! is all we take a a general 

 thing 



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 o|eii to 

 American fishermen 5 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. 



25. Do American fishermen procure bait in the waters w 

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

 and what is the value ? We buy all our bait for all 



Banks Value $200,000,00 which we pay to British fishermen 



26. Do not the American fishermen purchase supplies in the IM>I 

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

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



If so, in what ports, and to what extent ? And, if that i 



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



sels of the United States in their neighborhood during the I 



son? Explain why it is so, and estimate, if you can. the 



of that advantage. Yes, every vessel going to the Grand Bunj 



Western banks stop for supplies and Bait at a coat of I 



lars each, The Mackerel fishermen under the Treaty will probably IH ;I 



as much more, The Trade will amount to nearly n 



of dollars. 



