AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3077 



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

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

 made free under the provisions of the said Treaty, please ntate them an- 

 nually, and by classes, from 1854 to 1872, inclusive. 



35. The object of these inquiries is to ascertain whether the right* In 

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

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

 for the rights in those respects which were granted by turn! Treaty to 

 the United States. If you know anything bearing upon this subject 

 which you have not already stated in reply to previous <|iieHtionn, 

 please state it as fully as if you had been specially inquired of in re- 



SpeCt0fit ' ANDREW LKICSIITOS 



. WALTER M FALT 



STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS 



COUNTY OF ESSEX ss 



GLOUCESTER, June 21st W73 



Subscribed and sworn to, 



Before me 

 (Seal) DAVID W. LOW 



Xotary Public . 



[CONFIDENTIAL.] 



QUESTIONS RESPECTING THE FISHERIES TO BE \W 



POUNDED TO - ON BEHALF OF THE 



STATES. 



1 What is your name and age, and iu what town and State do you 

 reside? W C Wonson of Gloucester Essex Co Mass 



2. What opportunities have you had for becoming acquainted w 

 the American and Canadian Atlantic sea-fisheries, and t 

 catch of the different kinds of fish? I have been practica 1 , e 

 in the fishing business for fourteen years Am now conducting g 



y D Can U vou e give the names of other persons in your ei S hlK)rl "* Ml f 

 who have also had the opportunity of obtaining simih 



and the 



w 



known as the Treaty of Washington is here annexcH 1 ****** 

 amine articles 18 to 22 inclusive, and state that ; 



What kinds of fish frequent the waters of your 

 those which are to be thrown open to the Canadii >*hen. ^ n u u-r 

 provisions of the Treaty of Washington! 

 fish Pollock Haddock Hake Herring entities of fifth taken 



6. Can you give a statement of the kinds at, d q uanMhe^ ol 

 annually off the coast of your State from the yean, IN 4 t ^^ 

 sive t If you can do this, please do .so ; a d if not pit of ^ 

 that information can be procured. 



State Mass . u aroount and value of the 



7. If you are able to do so, will >ou . e l " c a Canad ian fishermen 

 American fisheries which are to be thrown opei i lo u an ^^ 



f WM"* 



under the provisions of the Treaty of W?M"#*\ ^ ^ ** kioU . 



in detail, showing the different kinds of fish, and 



