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witness bi't'oro the Conimission. Hu siiys : "No one man stationed in the Gut of Canso 



can j;c( ail accurate list of the vessels tliat 'j;o through there. To do so is a moral 

 iinpossiliiiity." 



James" I'uireli, Iteveiiue OlHeer at Port Mul,y,'ravc, says : "The luimbcr of lifiM- 

 (lues eoileeled would not h\ a fair return as showinj;- the actual number of vessels tliat 

 jiass t]iroiii;li the tint of Canso." 



B. I\L Sinailey. fisherman, ol' Hcdtbnl, Maine, s\as called on belialf of the United 

 States and examined. 1 iuvile the Conimi /aers to read jfis evidence : — 



'■(,). Xiiw (.Imi't. Villi tliiiik Lliu same lisli ,l^ii ma iiml in f--.V. is it yoiir iilou tliia cui'tuiu scIkihIh 

 k(.'i'|) ill oiu! ]il!u;i'. mill curUiiii sclinnlrt in miolhur '. — A. 'S'c.-i, it is my iiiiiiiinii tin; iiiiiclicn!l tjo imt 

 and ill, anil \vul<ii(nv llii'Vilu. Hut, it isiay |iosilivu iili'a tliaL llio li(;:^t lisli tiial go into tiiu liny Clialuiirs 

 l;ii tlivoULjIi tlii^ strait ami liy Sviliiry. 



"(_i. Doy.iu m./aii tlir .Straitnl' Can.i.i ? -A. Nu. The SUait of iK'Hiislp, and ccmic Juwii to 

 ."liyiliiry. 



"<,). AVIiat liiiiij :— A. We'll, iliuy avo liaising iiii ami ilmvif llnnv al'ter the iiifnitli nl' Aii,L;tisi, 

 tiutil llii;y all iii) mil. 



■' <,). Vim tliiiili tli.si; aro not lliu .same iisymi ualch nirtlu; iimtli nf tin; i.hiud ; — A. Xn, 1 dmi't. 



" <i>. Iio you tliinkyour opinion is goiiLTal '. — A. Vi.'s. sir. 



Here iu'(! a few extracts from the evidence on tile : — 



Archibald H. Skinner, Inspector of Fisli at Port Ilastinj^s, C.!ap;; Breton, lias been 

 thirty-two years engaged in the fishing business, and has been a practical tishernian : — 



"])uviiig tliu Iteoiprocity Treaty a lurgd lluct of Aiiu;riuaii lisliiiig vo.s.sfls camo to this coast 

 (luring tlic. smiiiiicr sivison to carry on a lisliing Ini.'^iiii's.s. Tliu numlu'r iniaca.sod during t lie Treaty, 

 until at the lerniiiiation a llui't mimlicriiig iiuii.lti'Js of vi'isrls wi'iv riigagi'd in lisliing around llu; rua.st 

 of Xova .Sciiliii, ('a]i,' ilrciim. I'riin.-c Ivlwai'd Island, and thf .Magdaluii Islands. These primiiially 

 touk ninrkcvt'l and rud-lish, but ihcy took othrr lish as well. 



'■ .\ lari,'r ]ioiiio]i of till' .Vnu'ricaii li'diing llri.'l i.s now L'"iir,' i;vrry ycir ii[i llu' casl''!!! .-idc of ('a|ii'. 

 I'lrrlmi, and lisliing in till' vicinity of Seatcrii', (.'ape Noi ill. and the seeiiniis aiound tliei'o. 1 under- 

 stand that lliese grounds rae very rich in lisji."' 



To reach tliese localities (hey are uud:.n' no necessity \vha(e\-cr of passing through 

 tilt; (iul of Can.'so. They uiay, directly afli-r liiey eonie i'roni tiie 15ay of Fiuidy, either 

 pass tilong tiiu cotist of Nova Scotia and reach tiu; ( iiilf bv way of the northern part of 

 C'ape Hretoii, or pass north in tlie vicinity of Newtiamdlaiid. 

 Cieorge C. Ltiwrenco, merchant, Port Hastings: — 



" Xol nearly all llie Vinerir.in lisliing vessili ]ia.ssing through the ."Sti.uis oi' ( 'an.so are noted or 

 re])nrted. .V great nuiuher ]iass through every year that liavii iievi.'r hceu noted or n [mrled at all. 



"Tlu' Xewfoundland lieiTing lleet from AmcriiMii jiorls go thither along the eastern .side of Cape 

 liivlwa instead of passiir,' ihr.iugh the Slr.iils, au.l t'lwanl the latter part of ilu^ sea.snn Lirgn ipiautitie.-. 

 of the most valualde nia'^kerel are tiike.n hy ,\iiiericans on the eiiateni shore of Cape Breton, botwe.'n 

 (.'.ipe Xiirth ;:nii l.ouisliurg, and thereahonts.'' 



Ah xttiuler JMcKay, merchant, North Sydney, Cape Breton : — 



'■ X^one lit ihe 'cod-lisli ve.isels to my knowledge, go tlirougli the Strait of Cniiso. They eome 

 around the southern and eastern eiMst nf Cijit! lireton, and many maekerelnieii do the .same. 

 Maekerelmeii fish around liy Scaterie, and it is therefore sliorter fur tliem to eome round by the 

 ■southern and eastern sides of the Lslaiid of Ca^ie lireton.'' 



James McLcod, master mariner, Cape Breton : — 



" Last summer I tished from Cape X'nrih to Scaterie. during the eoil season, and saw at thai sea; .„i 

 great numbers of Vnierieaii llsheriiien there, engaged in lishing. Within the last two years t liavc 

 .seen many .Vmerieai; lishernien, from Ca]ic North to .Seaterie, engaged in niaekerel fishing, and have 

 seen at one lime between twenty and thirty .Vmeriean lisliermeii so engaged within sight, and think 

 that there Would be, in ll.it vicinity, at one lime, about one hundred." 



William Nearing, iiLdiernian, Main-ti-Dieu, Cape Breton: — 



" .\11 the cod-lish and haliluit lishernien ronie around the .soulhcrn and eastern eoa.st.s of (^ape 

 rmitmi, and doiuit run through the Strait of Canso. During the past live or si.v years t have seen, on 

 ,111 average, upwards of one hundred Amerieiiu lishing vessels eaeh year around in this vicinity. 



WlUiam Edward Gardiner, merchant, Loiiisburg : — 

 "The .Vmeriean vessels wliieli come 1 ere do not pass througk the Strait of Caiiso," 



Thomas Lahey, lislicrman, i\Iain-ii-Dieu, Cape Breton : — • 



" I have seen in one day from lil'ty to si.\ty of these .\merican ves.scls. These .\mevican vessels 

 came round the .soutlictu coast of Cape Breton and did not run tlu'oiigli the Strait of Caueo. During 

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