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"Mr A. McKcnzic stated dial the Atnt'riouii llt'ot tonk twii-lliiril« nf tlirir rutch inshore, liul lie 

 nudl'il tlml <"/«' xhi/yii It i/iit (ill tliiir cnli'h in liiip irali r, lurhiip* mtc irtuiil iti Ifitili). 



"Mr Aii;.'ii>i (iiiiiit H)ii>ke nj' tlii' tri|i.s lie liiui iiiaile, all iii.^IiiiI'h uc ejoMi; ilwhuM', I'or (ilie ImU'-Iiiilu 

 t<i uiu> and (iiie-iiuir iiiilei. 



"Mr. jtinwn made a -.Inlenient to llie name eircet. 



" Mr. MaeKa\ spiike nl the ealclie." he had luaile ilislioie nil (ajie lllctiiii, <>> clnse that lir- «villd 

 BoinelinM"* he anehnreil MUiniii,' the Imai-i, 



"Caiitaiii llardiii^'e. UN., st.ili'd that the lie.sl lishinu \Mi.t withcuit a dniilil williiii ihrci- miles ; 

 there ecudil he iMi twii iijiiiiinhs (III ihiit |iciiiil. Knan hi.; e.xpeiieiire 'iiid iilwrvHtioii cm his (iNhiii); 

 .vtatimi. ami IVnlii ilir<>i'iiiali<i|i he had nlitaiiied, he Htnteil it um his ii|iiiiii<ii that the inilside lisjiini.; Inr 

 niiiekelel was dl nil aecniilit whati ver. lie had never neeived any intornialiini In the (untlan 



"Mr Ni( liiilsnii -.laleil ihat uiili leL'ai'l in the iiiaekeiel hi' had seen taken, all the ealiii was 

 within three miles nl' the shore. 



"Mr Mdliiiie .slated thai most of the I'liited States' eaptaiiis with whom la- hud I'niivursed, 

 Ruid that tlii'V caught their inaekelel inshnie. 



" Mr Sta|ilelciii eiiiisidered, as a result of hi.H eonvprsntiniis with Anieriean tinheriiien, that tlirwe- 

 I'mirth nl' the li--h are eaiii.'ht iiishnre In IS.M hi' had tished with hi'ty Ameriean \twsels einse inslmre 

 near >fari_'ari'e ainl amiiiid ( 'hetiiiiiii|), ami nil ijni lull fares within a i|uartei' nf a mile nl slmre. 



".Mr Itakel stitled that thiee-lnuith nl llie ma> kelel taken l>y tlie Anieiieails nil the <>as|ie eoikst 

 and in the I'.av nf ( 'h.ilriir was laki^ii uiiliin the ihiie mijr limit 



■ Mr ,lei.-n]i nl il.i.spe had .sc i ii .\iiierieiiu8 lishiiiL; in Ins district light alnm.' the shnie, ainl williin 



nlle mile nl Iwn miles of the >hnre 



"Mr ('niitniiiv ."^tuted lliatlie hacl taken i ml in an Ameiicaii vessel nii the Cape jlrelnii eoawt. 

 t'iniii line mile to one and a-lialT miles t'l'iiiii the shnr(>. and had nmdi.' i.'mtd ratehes n| niaekercl oil' 

 I'riliee Kdw.ild Islulld, wil hill IWn |i|||ns iirihi- slmre. 



' Ml. William Mael)niinell suited that all the lish he had taken at Mar^'aiee and rlictieaiiip were 

 within three niile» of the slmif 



"Mr l'ai|iiet likewi.'.e spnke In hii^e c.iti ln"* takeii ilislmie. The llsli, ••aid he, taken near 

 M ir^'aice, I hetlralllp. Ilrn:id ('ii\i', nliil l.illlhn (nve, on the ( 'ape Mietoli shnle ale all eaiinhl uilhili 

 ill. limit .Vhiiiil I'riliee l!d« aid I-landh<' said the tish Were lakiii within half-a-inile ;iiid twnmi|c< 

 of ihi sh,,i|. (In the New r.riin-wiik shnm within twn and a-lialf miles and three miles of thy shore. 

 Ill the liay nf I'lialenr within a-liall Hide and two and a-hiilf miles of the shore ; lint a few iniyhl l«! 



eaiii,dit, he said, in th iitri' nf the hay. .Vloiij; the south side of the Itivir St. I.awreiiee tish wire 



(aiif,'hl .ilmiii |."iii yards linm shme 



" Ml Mai Isaae staVi d that aluilit two-lhil'ds of the entire ratili of inaekelel was taken inshol'o. 



" Mr, 'I'leniey .^piike nf lai-ne ialelii\s of mackerel t^tkeii frnm within a mile In a mile and ii-lialf 

 of the shnre.q nf I'riiiie I'Mward Nlaiid He liad lished for elcMMi Veins iiroiiud the isluiid, and had 

 taken three-lniirlhs nf his catch within that distance 



" Mr .Ml riiee Blateil that diiriie,; the wlioli! period of his (ishin;^ from ISi'ii; to lH7t 1 lireu-fuurthH of 

 the fish he hid eaii'.'ht had li'di tsken within three miles 



Mr •lohii MiicDnnald al.su spoke to the lnr}:e ipiuntities of lish taken during a period of iiuarly 

 2U years, the yrealer prnportion of which were taken inside the three-mile limit 



' Ml Inliii 1;. and .Sir .Inhii 1 1. .Mi I inimald spoke to a .■.iniilar experience. 



" Ml. Ilh liaiil.^nii whn h;ii| ii-,lnd in .Vnierii an \cssels Irom l.'^.'i) to I,S7l. stated that nine-tenths 

 of the ti>li he h.id I'liiiudil while ill tlii'iii had lieeii taken within three miles nl the shore. 



" Mr ( I' iiieiii Mclsiiuc .stated that he had never caMi;ht liHl lianels of niiickenl oulsuli' nf tliive 

 mili'H. 



"Mr M' I nnis who iiiid tished in Ameiicun Vessels from IHfirt to 1873, Htul«'d that two-thirds of 

 the eatclics III had made wen! within the three-mile limit. 



" Ml heniamin Campion, s)H>akiii\' from an I'.xperienee of seven years lishiiiL:. •niv\ that twn-thirds 

 ol tliei:i''li hid I ii lalni; within the three uilles." 



Miiny otlior witnc.oscB testify to the extreme value of the iiiAhore tisherieii, hut I think 

 I have (|iiiit('il ('111111^1) for my |>ur|)i)Sf. 



I,(t lis now e.viiiiiini' the ti'sliinoiiy ii.s to the mimher of I niteil Stutcs' vessels 

 fr(()iii'nlint; Canadian waters: — 



" Ml. Chiviiie eslimiile> the iinmlicr nf I'niteil Slates' iihickeiidiii),' vessels 111 the lliilf aiiinmlly 

 Imm IHlH tn I87:'« at alioiit fiiu , since |K7:! not n>ei i^dH m .;iMI. 



.Ml .lalni s Ii .Mcf^an slates that in I'^nX the Ameiiciii lleel wits oO'l m 700 sail. He c led 



don ;inr||ni.'i| under thesniilh shnie at lui.-,l i'nint. 



■' Ml .Inhli I aliipimi places the iiiimher ll'oiil ixu'l to l.sra'i at from HOO to 7iMI. 



" Ml .loseiih Camphell estimates the iiiimliii ,it from I'lO to 'iilO in IHOr. and ISi;7, ;iiiil |iiii 

 in IMi)'.!, IH70, and 1H7I. 



" Ml. I 'nil ill slated that he had seen 300 sail coine intn ihr «, iters hetwi en Ciisiiimpei|iie ;ind 

 Miiiinii.:a-li , all tishiny very close to shore. 



Hon. Ml fln\N Ian, nf Ca-.r umpeiine says : — I have seen iUO I'niled Slates' vessels aniaiall\ in my 

 harhoiii ; jieiieially when there w is a j;ale of wind. 



" (iregoire (ireiiier stiiles thai he has suull nioie than a loll .xnjl jn a scilsoii, and more than twenly 

 1 iijic to nil anchor in Iroiit of his )>lace 



Mr. Foster. — iLireDier's eviticiuw all refers to what parsed more than seven years 



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