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tentlj part of all (lie vessels that eaine to the gulf that year were lost. That h the 

 larprst eateh (hat our vessels have made since the Treaty. Of that 79,211 hbls., 

 whieh were caught l>y United States' vessels in the (inlf of St. I^iwrencc, in (he year 

 IH73, wliat proportion are you prepared to assume was caught inshore ? Is nut a 

 third a liberal estimate? Taking the Magdalen Islands, taking Bank Bradley, 

 taking Orphan liank, taking iMiscou Bank, taking the Pigeon llill grounds, taking 

 the (ish>".^ oirthe bend of (he island, thai place where Captain Howe said he always 

 fonnil tlie hestand largest lish, inside of New London head, twelve or fifteen miles out, 

 — taking all these well known localities into consideration, 1 ask whether there can 

 be any doubt that it is a very lilicral estimate indeed to say one-third .us caught 

 inshore? I do not (liink (hat all tiie mackc.il taken by United Stales' vessels 

 inshore, in all parts of the (Iiilf of St. Uawrei.ce, ii.verages an eighth or a tenth of 

 the total catcii, l>iil I will assume for (he moment one-third, tlie pro|)ortion which 

 th(! Kxecutivc Council of I'rince. Kdwaid Island thought a f:^ir average for the 

 fehons of their island. That would make 2fi,tUt bbl». caught in iiritish territorial 

 waters in that year, tin- liist year of the Treaty. What were these mackerel worth ? 

 Mr. Mall tells you tli.it he buys (hem, landed on shore, for ;{ dol. 75 e. a barrel. 

 After tlu-y have been caught, ailer the time of the Hsliernien has been put into the 

 business, he buys (hem for If ilol. 75 c. a barrel. If they are worth IJ (h)l. T-J c. a 

 barrel when they are caught, what proporti..ii of (liat sum is i( fair to call (he right 

 to fish for them worth .' Sdii may set sour own tigures on that. Call il one-half, 

 one-third, or oiie-<piarter. I should think it was somewhat extraordinary if (he 

 right to tish in a narrow zone three miles wide was worth any Iarg<' portion of the 

 value of the lisii after they were caught and lauded. But you may estimate that .is 

 you please. 1 will tell you how you will come out if )ou change us with having 

 caught a third of our lish inshore that year, and with the full value that .Mr. Hall 

 pays for them after they are caught. It is 1)'J,(I15 dollars. 



That was the lirst year of the Treaty, and there were imported into the United 

 States from the British Provinces *.l(),Hs<) bbls., on which the duty of 2 dollars a 

 barrel would amount to iN|,77N dollars. The value of the fish that our peo|)le 

 caught is *.l*.),()()() dollars, and the British lishermen gain in remission of <lutieH 

 nearly is2,(M)ti dollars. 



Look at it in another way. Docs anybodv doubt that, barrel for barrel, the 

 right to import mackerel I'ree of duty is worth more than the right to lish for them? 

 Is not the right to c.irry into the United Slates' market, after they are caught, a 

 barrel of mackerel, worth as much as the right to lisii for a barrel of mackerel oil 

 the liighl of the isliiiid .' Kstimating il so, !)0,NS9 bbls. came in tluty free, and there 

 were can;;ht in (he gulf by American \essels, 7It,211 bbls. That is the first year of 

 the Trial y, and by far the best year. 



'file next year, In74, the .Massachiiselts inspection was 'j5s,;N() bbls. Since 

 \8T.i there has been no return from M.iiiie. There is no general inspector, and the 

 Secretary of Stale informs us that the loe.il inspectors do not make any returns. 

 I suppose that if jou call the Maine catch IJ2,(H)(I bbls., the same as the year before, 

 you will do full justice to it, for the .Maine mackerel lishery, accortling to the 

 testimon\', has obviously ilcclined lor years. The inspeclion in New lli'iinpshire was 

 .1,51'.( bbls. There was imported into the I'nited Slates that \ear from the Provinces, 

 H!t,()'.).'i bbls., on which there was saved a duly of 1 71),.'5s(i dollars. Tli.il year the 

 I'tiil Mulgr;ive returns show Kit vessels to have been in the (iiilf of Si. Lawrence, 

 of w liicli ^(^ came from (Jloueester. (»'K07>^,i sea barrels, or .■ir»,770 packed barrels 

 were taken. The (ilouccster vtssels caught ls,si;{ bbls. Take these ,')(i,770 packed 

 barrels as the aggregate catcli in the year Is74 in the (iiilf of St. Lawrence, by 

 United Stales' vessels, and set ihein oil against the .N!(,(iU.'{ barrels imported into the 

 United St.ites, and where do you come out? Pursuing the same estimate, thai one- 

 third nia\ have beiii laiighl inshore — an estimate wlii( h I insist is largely in excess 

 of (he fuel — there would be ls,',)'2;{ bbls. cauglit inshore, which would be worth 

 7(»,'.t»>l dollars, at .Mr. Mali's prices; and you hii\e 7<>,!)i;i dollars as the value, after 

 the\ are caught and landed, of the mackerel we look out of British territorial 

 wail rs, to set a.^ainst a .saving of I7!I,;N(1 tlollais on .\inericau duties. Thai is the 

 secomi \ear. 



Now, idine lo |n7.'». That ye.ir the e.ilcli was small. The Massachusetts 

 inspection w-s, only l.'lO.OOl; (he Nes'. llaiiipsliire inspection, 'A,\\r> bbls. The 

 provincial importalion in(o th(! Uiiilcd Slali-s is 77,.'i.!s bbls. That fell oil' some- 

 what, but far less than the MasHachu.setts inspcciion, in proportion. The duty 



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ved is l.'i.'i.O'O dollars. Kiily-eij;ht liloueester vessels are found in the bay, 



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