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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 within three 

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

 and what is the value ? Our Cod & Halibut catchers bound on Voyages 

 to the Grand & Western Banks, buy bait on N. Scotia & Cape Breton 

 shore to a considerable Extent say 200 000 Dollars per year 



2G. Do not the American fishermen purchase supplies in the ports of the 

 Dominion of Canada, including -bait, ice, salt, barrels, provisions, and 

 various articles for the use of the men engaged in the fisheries ? If so, 

 in what ports, and to what extent ! And, if that is the case, is it not an 

 advantage to the ports of the Dominion to have the fishing-vessels 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. They purchase supplies in large quantities especially ia 

 Gut of Causo, Halifax, also, at Charlottetown & Georgetown, P. E. I. 

 The Mackerel Fleet usually purchase supplies, for vessel & and crew 

 amounting from 8300, to $600, each vessel. 



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 400 vessels, 

 averaging GO Tons & 14 men Costing from $100.00 to $125.00 per Ton 

 New Measure Mackerelling 200 Bank Fishing 



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 con- 

 sist? When mackerel are found inshore it is generally at the mouths 

 of rivers or creeks, and unless we can go there to catch them, the priv- 

 ilege is not worth much to us 



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 ? They will have no more rights than they were really 

 entitled to before. 



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 seems 

 to be the unanimous opinion of American Fishermen that the effect of 

 the Treaty will be better for them than for us. 



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 lor all No. 1 salmon, does not the United States afford the 

 only market. It does. 



. 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. 



