3246 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



as I know not been an injury to them in any respect, and I do solemnly 

 declare that I have made the foregoing declaration conscientiously be- 

 lieving the same to be true and by virtue of an Act passed during the 

 37th year of Her Majesty's reign entituled an Act for the suppression 

 of voluntary and extra judicial oaths. 

 Bear Island Settlement July 23d 1877. 



CHANDLER EMBREE 

 In presence of : 



OSCAR MALMROS 



U. S. Consul 



PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA 



COUNTY OF RICHMOND 



I hereby Certify that the above named Chandler Embree voluntarily 

 made and subscribed before me at Bear Island Settlement in said 

 County of Richmond the foregoing solemn declaration 

 Given under my hand & Notarial Seal this 23rd day of July 1877 

 (Seal.) JAMES G. McKEElS 



Notary Public 

 No. 173. 



I, Solomon Cahoon do solemnly declare that I have been engaged as 

 a merchant at Cape Canso C. B. for over 10 years that I have been in 

 the habit of trading with American codfishiug vessels that last year, 

 which in that respect was an average year, I traded with about 80 

 American fishing vessels to the aggregate amount of, as near as I can 

 come to it, about $10,000 this amount represents the sum expended by 

 them at this port and neighboring ports within about 3 hours sail for 

 supplies of all kinds including about $5000.00 advanced to them for 

 purchasing bait at said ports the Am. vessels, as a rule, buy all the 

 bait they obtain at these ports and adjacent waters, exceptionally how- 

 ever they themselves catch some squid for bait, this however is insignifi- 

 cant and hardly worth being taken into account the vessels i.e. American 

 vessels, who call at this port for supplies, are in the habit of calling also 

 at other ports in the Dominion to receive supplies of different descrip- 

 tions during the same fishing cruise I can not estimate the sums ex- 

 pended by them in such other ports the Americans do not carry on 

 boatfishing in these waters and make no use of curing fish and but very 

 little, if any, of drying nets or seines on the coasts of these Provinces 

 for No 1 Salmon and No 1 and No 2 Mackerel, caught by Colonial ves- 

 sels, the United States are the only market and most of the fat herring, 

 although I do not know the exact proportion, goes to the United States, 

 a portion of the fat herring, I know, finds a market in the Provinces of 

 Quebec and Ontario cod fishing is carried on by the Am. vessels on 

 the high seas, they do not catch cod within 3 miles from shore the 

 presence of American fishermen in the waters of these Provinces is as 

 far as I know in no respect injurious to the interests of the Provinces 

 but of great pecuniary advantage to them, and I make this solemn dec- 

 laration conscientiously believing it to be true and by virtue of the Act 

 passed in the 37th year of Her Majesty's reign entitled an Act for the 

 suppression of voluntary and extra-judicial oaths 



Cape Canso June 16th 1877. 



SOLOMON. COHOON 



"NVitners: 



OSCAR MALMROS 





