3068 AWARD OF THE FISHEKST COMMISSION. 



27. Have you any knowledge of how many United States fishing- 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 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 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 7 or 800 Vessels, 9000 men 

 value 2i Millions. During Reciprocity about i of the Mackerel were 

 taken inshore, say 15 to 20000 bbls. We have done much better off our 

 own coasts, For Codfish & Halibut our vessels go to the Grand & 

 Browns Banks. All the Herring are bought from British Fishermen. 



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 profit derived; and in what does it consist! 

 The cost of taking any kind of fish fully equals their value to the pro- 

 ducer all profits are made by the wholesale dealers, In ascertaining the 

 value if 20000 bbls of Mackerel are taken worth $150000,00 we must 

 take from that amount the expense of 400 Vessels and 6000 men at least 

 for one months lime in taking them. The whole valuation of the shore 

 fishery so far as profits are concerned is absolutely nothing 



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

 any valuable rights of lauding 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 we think we had commercial rights in British 

 ports but have been denied them. 



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? more to 

 them. 



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

 descriptions which are annually shipped to the United States? 



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, it does. 



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

 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, and by classes, from 1854 to 1872, inclusive, refer to 

 the Treasury reports. 



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

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

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

 annually, and by classes, from 1854 to 1872, inclusive. Don't know of 

 any American vessel ever carrying fish to Canadian ports. 



35. The object of these inquiries is to ascertain whether the rights in 

 respect of fishing, and fishermen, and fish, which were granted to Great 

 Britain by the Treaty of Washington, are or are not a just equivalent 

 lor the rights in those respects which were granted by said Treaty to 

 the I nited States. If you know anything bearing upon this subject 

 which you have not already stated in reply to previous questions, please 

 Itate it as fully as if you had been specially inquired of in respect of it. 

 Ihe principal reason for satisfaction on the part of the fishermen of the 



