3248 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



COUNTY OF GUYSBOBOUGH > 

 CAPE CANSO ) 



I the undersigned Justice of the Peace for the County of Guysborowgh 

 do hereby certify that the foregoing Statement and declaration was 

 made and Subscribed, before me by the before mentioned Thomas (X 

 Cook 



SOLOMON COHOON J. P. 



No. 175. 



I, Alfred W. Hart do solemnly declare that I have been a merchant 

 in Cape Canso during the last 16 years that I have been in the habit of 

 supplying American Codfishing vessels at this port last year I fur- 

 nished supplies to about 100 Am. fish'g vessels the supplies together with 

 moneys furnished them to buy bait aggregating $10,000 or over the 

 year before was considerably better than last year but my trade with 

 Am. fishing vessels during the last 10 years would average as near as I 

 can come about $10,000 a year the same vessels that were supplied by 

 me no doubt got supplies, especially bait, at other points in the Cana- 

 dian Provinces besides that of Canso Mackerel & herring fishing vessels- 

 are not in the habit of calling here I am not aware of any injury done 

 by Am. fishing vessels in the waters of the Provinces but am of opin- 

 ion that their presence in the waters of the Colonies have been of great 

 pecuniary benefit to the people thereof The only market for No 1 and 

 No 2 mackerel and No 1 Salmon is the United States the American 

 fishermen do not engage in boatfishing, they catch cod over 3 miles from 

 shore the American buy nearly all the bait they obtain here a little 

 perhaps not quite J th part they may catch themselves the presence of 

 Am. fishing fleets alongside of Provincial fishermen does not lessen the 

 catch of the latter I have never heard of American fishermen having 

 made use of any of the shores of Nova Scotia or the Gulf of St Lawrence 

 for curing fish or drying nets or seines I judge that fully one half of 

 the crew of Am. fishing vessels visiting the British Colonial Atlantic 

 waters are British subjects residing in the Dominion of Canada and I 

 make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing it to be true and 

 by virtue of the Act passed during the 37th year of her Majestys reign 

 entitlued an Act for the suppression of voluntary & extrajudicial oath 



Cape Canso C. B. June 16. 1877. 



ALFRED W HART 

 In presence of: ) 



OSCAR MALMROS 



V. JS. Consul } 



PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA 

 GUYSBORO' COUNTY, TOWN OF CAPE CANSO 



Be it remembered that on this 16th day of June in the Year of Our 

 Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Seventy Seven, personally ap- 

 peared before me Thomas C Cook of Cape Canso in the Province of 

 Nova Scotia Notary Public, Alfred W. Hart, who made and subscribed 

 the foregoing statement and declaration, 



In testimony whereof I the said Notary have hereunto subscribed my 

 name, and affixed my Notarial Seal at Cape Canso in the Province afore- 

 said on the day and year aforementioned 



(Seal.) THOS. C. COOK 



Not. Pub. 



