AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. ., (ft 



United States is the relief from annoyance which the Treaty afford* In 

 the prosecution of the fishing business the liberty to take tUti at i 

 points where they may tend will scarcely afford them a living. The 

 mackerel fishery is so variable and uncertain that we need all faciliti.-H 

 for taking them wherever they are as a few days good fishing often 

 makes the seasons work, Our own coast furnishes the bent Mackm-I, 

 and we have done better there than in the, bay, but we like to have the' 

 privilege of following the Mackerel, and the Canadians will be benefited 

 as much as we are in coining on our coasts. 



We fully agree ( A. K. PIERCE, Master of Sch Win. S. Baker, 

 and endorse J GEO. BE ARSE. * * Col Cook 

 Capt. Peirce] JAMES B. HAMILTON, " Thonraldntm. 

 statements. (_JOHX McDOXALD, " " Electric Flash. 



Sworn to and subscribed this 5th June 1873 before me, 



ADD1SON CENTER, J>ep. Collector. (Seal.) 



No. 25. ^ 

 [CONFIDENTIAL.] 



QUESTIONS KESPECTING THE FISHERIES TO BE PKO 



POUNDED TO ON BEHALF OF THE I'NITKD 



STATES. 



1. What is your name and age, and in what town and State do yon 

 reside ? Sixty years, Geo. Norwood of the Firm Geo. Norwood & Son 

 Gloucester Mass 



2. What opportunities have you had for becoming acquainted with 

 the American and Canadian Atlantic sea-fisheries, and the value of the 

 catch of the different kinds of fish ? Have been engaged in the Fish- 

 eries for 25 years. 



3. Can you give the names of other persons in your neighborhood 

 "who have also had the opportunity of obtaining similar information ! 



If so, please give some such name. 



4. A copy of the treaty between Great Britain and the United States, 

 known as the Treaty of Washington, is hereto annexed. Will you ex- 

 amine articles 18 to 22 inclusive, and state that you have done o f 

 Yes. 



5. What kinds of fish frequent the waters of your State, especially tho<. 

 which are to be thrown open to the Canadian fishermen under the pro- 

 visions of the Treaty of Washington f Codfish, Mackerel. Menhaden, 



6. Can can give a statement of the kinds and quantities of lish taken 

 annually off the coast of your State, from the years 



elusive ? If you can do this please do so; and if not, please 



that* information can be procured. See Inspector Generals U>|NII 



the Fisheries of Mass. State House, Boston, 



7. If you are able to do so, will you state the amount 

 American fisheries which are to be thrown open to Canadian fl 

 under the provisions of the Treaty of Wash in -ton f 



in detail, showing the different kinds of tish, and 

 kind. Mackerel and Menhaden principally, Mackerel 

 which fluctuates from 80.00 to *20.0l> per bbl. With the sam 

 Enterprise on the part of the Canadians our Coast Fisheries, 

 valuable to them as what they possess would be to our 



8. What quantity and value of each kind of ttsh are annually t 



