3280 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



9th Of lute years the drying and curing of fish by United States fisa- 

 enneii is principally done'on the decks of their vessels and they seldom 

 land to dry nets or to cure fish or to repack them or to trans-ship cargoes. 



10th The Treaty of Washington so far as the privileges of the fish- 

 ermen are concerned is I verily believe as beneficial to the people of the 

 British Provinces as to the people of the United States. 



llth The United States afford the only market for all number one and 

 number two mackerel for all fat herring not consumed at home and for 

 all number one salmon from the British Provinces and the duties paid 

 on the exportation of such fish from the British Provinces before the 

 Treaty of Washington amounted to a very large sum of money annually. 

 The provisions of the Treaty of Washington by which said market is 

 made free are a very great benefit to the people of the British Provinces. 



12th For several years past the inshore fisheries of the British Prov- 

 inces have not been so much resorted to by United States fishermen as 

 they were formerly and they are being less and less resorted to every 

 year by such fishermen. The change in the mode of fishing pursued by 

 such fishermen is one reason for this circumstance and another reason 

 is that the mackerel fishery on the coasts of British North America has 

 for several years past been declining while it has been improving during 

 the same period on the coasts of the United States. The fisheries on 

 the coasts of the United States would be as valuable to Colonial fisher- 

 men as to the United States fishermen if the former chose to avail them- 

 selves of the concessions of the Treaty of Washington in that particular. 



13th Iii this affidavit the statements which I have made in the present 

 tense apply to the state of things existing lor the last six or seven years 

 except where I have expressed a different meaning. 



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Sworn to before me at Halifax in the Province of Nova Scotia this 

 20th day of June A D 1877 being first read and explained to deponent. 

 (Seal.) WM McKERRON 



Notary Public. 

 No. 207. 



1 William Hays of Halifax in the County Halifax fisherman being 

 solemnly sworn do make oath and say as follows : 



1st I say that for forty years last past I have been engaged in the fish- 

 eries of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, and 

 have been for that time intimately acquainted with the condition of the 

 said fisheries and the manner in which fishing has been carried on by 

 the Colonial and United States fishermen. 



2nd The same kinds and descriptions of fish that are found on the 

 coasts and shores of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are to be 

 found on the coasts and shores of the United States which are now made 

 available to Colonial fishermen by the Treaty of Washington, and on 

 the coasts and shores of the United States several descriptions of fish 

 are procured which cannot be found on the coasts and shores of Nova 

 Scotia and Prince Edward Island, namely, Bass, porgies, and other 

 kinds, . 



3rd The greater part of the bait used by Colonial fishermen in the 

 mackeral fishery is and must be procured from the United States and 

 is furnished to them by United States fishermen who come to the coasts 

 of the Provinces under the provisions of the Treaty of Washington, 

 The best and most commonly used bait for mackeral are porgies which 



