AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 

 only about thirty sail of American Mackerel fllii.rnifn in the Galf O f 



* of st - '' 



I believe that the right to fish on the American C,mt woold I* 

 valuable to the people of the British Provinces a* the Colonial fl. 

 to Americans provided our people had as go,*l VeaneU am | ntte.| thru, 

 oat as well and had as much enterprise as the American* 



The Mackerel fishery in the Gulf of St. Laurence Im* Wi, ,,,rh le* 

 productive during the last six or Seven Years than formerly. formerly 

 and until about ten years ago from two hum! ml to two hiiu.lrr.1 not) 

 fifty American Vessels for Mackerel used to frequent the Gulf of .St 

 Laurence and obtain fair average Cargoes of Mackerel while in the 

 son of 1876 only about thirty Mackerel fishing VeHHeU came into tbr 

 Gulf and the greater part of these made broken voyage* 



The presence of American fishermen in the Province* in of great i* 

 cuniar> benefit to our people 



For many years past little or no use has been made of the phriteft 

 of curing fish and drying Nets on our Shores by the American flbrr 

 men 



During the seasons when the Mackerel fisherieswere productive a* they 

 were ten years ago the American fishermen would get full Cargo within 

 about six Weeks they would then deposit or store nt thi* or neighbor- 

 ing points on the Strait of Causo to be reshipi>ed to the l*uitel Slate* 

 while they would return once or twice more to the fishing ground* to 

 obtain further Cargo during such a season the average Kx|enditur of 

 a Midling sized Schooner (say 70 Tons) in the Province* would be about 



In consequence of the lesser productiveness of the Mackerel tUbenea 

 during the last six or seven Years the American fishing Vernel* hare 

 seldom taken over one Cargo of Mackerel in the season and frequently 

 have not been half filled and consequently the Expenditure* to the 

 Provinces have been proportionally reduced, very few Mackerel hariuf 

 been landed for reshipmeut to the United States 



I am and always have been a British subject residing in the Provinet 

 of Nova Scotia 



And I James Johnson aforesaid do solemnly declare that I conscien- 

 tiously believe that the facts contained in the foregoing declaration are 

 true and I make this declaration by virtue of the Act paa-ted in ibe.lTtfc 

 Year of Her Majesty's Beign Entitled an Act for the aupprcMaion o 



voluntary and Extra Judicial Oaths. 



JAMKS JOHNSON. 



Port Hastings Nova Scotia 

 June 5th 1877 f 



I hereby Certify that on the oth day of June 1H77 the ahov 

 James Johnson personally appeared before me and made auc 

 the foregoing Solemn Declaration. As WitMM my h 



ffiC JAMKS CJ. MrKKKN 



.VoMr, 



No. 149. 



'Solemn Declaration by Edicard Fox concerning tto i*k< 



tt- America* 



Edward Fox says that he resides at Fox Pond on the 

 Strait of Causo, am a British subject twenty Light \ 



