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111 si'c lliiiiisiiiiils 111 yciiiM',' mill liiinly lislicniii'ii ciiminlli'il tn Iriivi' llicir imtivi' laml to riiilmik in llio 

 jiursiiils 111' a i'uri'iLrii ciniiitiv, ami iliaiii llifir own laml nl' lliul. iiiil iuiil .slrciii,'lli wliii;li llirir |irc.-ii'rn;o 

 WonM liaVr scruied." 



Mr. Jaiiu's R. McLoiiii, one of our witnesses, was asked whether the condition 

 of thinjjs was not lar{;ely <lue to want «»f capital, and he saiil : — 



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tilth 

 III till 



: — W'c liiiil 111 ]iay "Jitnllars a tiairi'l iliily on tlir niacki'lrl «r <iMit to 



lie I liiliil Slali's. ami tlii' iiii'ii wipiilii iml slay ill llii' islaml vi-isrln wlicii llii'V saw that llii' Aiiirnriins 

 Wi'vc allnwi'il 111 cniiii' mill tisli siili' liy siilr with llio ilrilish vessels, miil eatch all ('([iial hIuui' nl' lisli ; 

 of emil'se this WHS the result. The lisheiliiell eiinsi'iillently went nil the Ainerieail vessels; lair liest 

 men iljil sii, and some of llie very hesl lislieniieii and siiiaitesi ija|itaiii.s aiiionj,'.sl the Aiiierieaiis are 

 from I'rimi' Kdwaiil Island ami N'ova Seolia." 



Captain Chivirio, the first and favourite witness called on the Hritish side, 

 says : — 



" (,). Wlial class III' men are tlie sailors and llsheniien eMi|i|ovei| amoii;^ the Aiiierieans ' — A. J 

 would say that I'or llie last lilteeii years Iwo-lliirds of them have heeii rmei^'iiers. 



" (,). What do yon mean hy llie leiiu ' l'oiei'_'mrs' ; - A, Thai liny are N'ova Si oliaiis, imd that 

 ihoy come |iiL'llv iiiinh iVoiii all ]iails ol'ihe woild. Tin il' li.-hei iiii II are |iielceil pielly nnirli oiil ol' all 

 nations. 



"(). It the Aimriiaiis were exrlinled from oiir li^hini: ]irivilei_'es. what do ymi think lhe-;e innn 

 vroilhl do ' - A. They would return to ihijr native hollies and eariy on lisliiii;.' Iliere. 



" (,». Have many of them eoliie liaek ^ — A. < Ml yes. We liave it Iiillillier of island mill wlio 

 have relmiieil. A lai^'e iiiimlier have done so. A ;,'ieal many i onie home lor the winter, and u'o hack 

 to the .Slates in the siniii;; ; lull dill in;,' llie ]iast l\vo years many of this t lass have euine do\\ n in remain. 



This vear I do not know more than a doyen out of Ihree hiimlred in my iieiL'hhoiiih 1 who have 



(joiie hark. They lTi'I hoats and li^h iiloiii,' the eoasi, leeaiisethey liiid there is more moiu'y |o he seeiiivd 

 by this plan of oiieialions. The li-heiies heiii;,' U'ller, llie geiienil imjiression i.s that lliey mo nil 

 liiakin,' towards hume lo lish on ihi^ir own eoast." 



James F. White says in iiis aliidnvil, put in on the Hritish side: — 



"The niiiid'ir of Imals lishiie^ here has Irehled in ihe List Ihree years. The r.M-on nf iJn.s 

 imrease is that other hiisimss is ilepiesseil, ainl lishi rmeii liom the I'niled Stales. Newfiiiindland, 

 New I'.iiinsw ilk, and Nova Seolia are lomiii'.,' here to sellle, iitiraelid hv the oooil lishin.j, so ijuit we 

 lire now ahle to ._'el iiews |.i imUi oiir lioal>, «hii h foniieily wii wire iinahle lo do. .\nolher reason is 



that the year IST'i was a Very iS I year, mid owiiivr lo llie sue eessfiil prosei iilioii of the lisiiino tliat 



J'ear. |eo|ili 's alteiitioii was liirned to ihe hiisiiess, and liny were inriled to j^'o into it." 



And another of their men, Mcddic Gallant, says in his aflidavit: — 



" III till last live years, 'he iiiimhir of hunts e!i;.'ii;;eil in (islillio in the almve dislam es has at least 

 douhled. .\t this run alone there has 1 111 11 a Miy ^'leat imieasi'. K,it;lit yeiivs iiu'o llnie wiie only 

 (■i'_'hl hoats lnloii'_'iiiL: to this run, imw iheie are hiily-live. Tiie hoals nie twice as ^^ood in maleriiil, 

 fishin;.' oiillil, in sailiii;;. in ei|iiipmeiil. in riL.",'iii:_'. and in every way, as they were live years ii','o, Tlioru 

 is a ;.'reat deal Iimre money invested in li-hili^ Imw limn llnle was. Nearly every one i-i imw odjujr 

 into the hiisiness alMiut lure. The hoats, laroe and small lo.jilher, take crews of ahonl llnie nnn each. 

 That is, l.e--idis the lliell eliiployed ;it the staoes aholll the tish, who are a eolisidernhle inilid'er " 



So, then, wliile the ma<'Uerel tishina; of our vessels in the p^iilf has hcen 

 <liminisliing;. tiicirs has been larj^ely increasini;. What! all this ami money too? 

 Is it not enoiiaih that two, three, or four times as much lish is taken liy them as 

 before llie 'I'reaty ? Is it not enoup;h tiiat they are prosperous, that those who have 

 left them aie returniii};' home, and everybody is K"'»ff '"•^•> the business? Can they 

 claim tliat they are losers by the 'J'realy of \Vashinf!;lon ? Is it not |)lain that 

 they have, in conseipience of its jirovisions, entered upon a career ol uRnreeedentcd 

 prospi rity ? 



At tluK point, Mr. Foster susjiended his argument, and the Commission 

 adjourned until Tuesday, at noon. 



Tuesday, November fi, 1877. 



The Commission met, according to adjournment, and Mr. Foster resinned his 

 argument. 



Gentlemen of the Conunission : — 



At the adjouniinent yesterday, 1 had been giving some description of th« 

 quantity of the mackerel fishing, since tiie Treaty of WashingUm, by American vessels 



