3090 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



20. Please state as to each class of fisheries carried on from your 

 State or district, the cost of fitting out, equipping, furnishing, and man- 

 ning a vessel for carrying it on, estimating it by the average length of 

 the cruise. 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 re- 

 turning to the home port. Generally the crews of the Pogie catchers 

 consist of about 10 men each time about 3 weeks per trip cost $400 

 Bank fishing $400 per month this includes barrels, salt, cost of tilling, 

 Insurance, &c, Mackerel fishing 



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 Edward 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 vessel in 

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

 Should think that the Canadians Could prosecute th e fisheries at one- 

 half the expense we could owing to their much cheaper vessels 

 cheaper men and cheaper grub, 



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

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

 Prince Edward Island, or with either, and if either, with which of thes'e 

 fisheries? Am acquainted with all kinds. 



23. What kind of fish frequent the waters of those coasts which are 

 to be thrown open to American fishermen under the provisions of the 

 Treaty of Washington ? Mackerel principally 



24. Please state in detail the amount and the annual value (say from 

 1854 to 1872, inclusive,) of the fisheries which are so to be thrown open 

 to American fishermen ; also the amount and the annual value of the 

 catch in the adjacent waters which are more than three miles distant 

 from the shore ; please state these facts in detail. 



23. 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 ? American fishermen buy bait of Canadians to 

 a large extent, the value of which must be considerable, say $200,000. 



26. 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, it that is the case, is it 

 not an advantage to the ports of the Dominion to have the fishing-ves- 

 sels of the United States in their neighborhood during the fishing sea- 

 son? Explain why it is so, and estimate, if you can, the money-value 

 of that advantage. The'y do purchase supplies to a great extent 

 should think the fleet would average each $500, at Charlottetown, P. E. 

 I., Canso Strait, and others, and is of immense value to these places. 

 During reciprocity nearly all the American fleets refitted at those ports, 

 in some cases amounting to $1000 or $1500, each vessel 



27. Have you any knowledge of how many United States fishing- 

 vessels yearly engage in the fisheries off the Atlantic coasts of the Brit- 

 ish 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 th,e three-mile limit ? Should think about 700 



