AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3075 



limit is, that we are able to follow the Mackerel wherever we can catch 

 them, the proportion cannot be accurately determined because it van* 

 with the season Should not think more than one tenth of the Mackerel 

 are caught inshore 



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

 fishermen off the coasts of British America taken outside the in >.li.. ! . 

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

 found on the banks, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and not within 

 shore ? This is true, yet late in the season they xomctimr* tend in Rhorr. 

 the great body of mackerel is usually found away from the Hhon. 



17. Are Colonial fishermen injured by permitting American lUhermea 

 to fish in Colonial in-shore waters ? No they are not. 



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

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

 quantities of bait are thrown out, than when fishing alone ! Thin in cer- 

 tainly true, and it saves the Canadian boat fishermen a large MUHI a* 

 they have the benefit of the bait thrown which otherwi.se they would 

 have to buy themselves 



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

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

 what is the annual value to the United States, or to the British province*, 

 as the case may be, to take such bait within three miles of the shore*? 

 Pohagau. Bait is best. Is taken on Coasts of Maine & Massachnsetu. 

 Most of it is taken within three miles of shore. Do not know the aggre- 

 gate value, think about $2 000,000 



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 cruiae. 

 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. The average cost of running a fishing vessel at Gloucester is from 

 '6 to 4000 Dollars per year for Salt Barrels Bait Ice Provisions &c Crew 

 of 12 men value of Time, $3,600,00 



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 Kdward 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 vessels in 

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

 Canadian vessels are not so well built more soft wood is used An 

 American fishing vessel cost new all rigged ready for ma UK) |! 



per ton Canadian not over 55 Dollars per ton Canadians live cbflftpei 

 on fish & potatoes We cannot get crews to go in our vessels 

 they have as good as the markets afford 



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

 the fisheries on the coasts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, o 

 Prince Edward Island, or with either, and it either, with which o 

 fisheries ? Am acquainted as stated in article second i 



eries 



23. What kind of fish frequent the waters of those coaat 

 to be thrown open to American fisherman under the provw 

 Treaty of Washington f Mackerel. 



24. Please state in detail the amount and the annual valu 

 1854 to 1872 inclusive) of the fisheries which are to be I 

 American fishermen ; also the amount and the annual valu 



