. Award of the fishery commission [microform] : documents and proceedings of the Halifax Commission, 1877 under the Treaty of Washington of May 8, 1871. Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêches; Pêches. m h>- IS"'^ i« " i'i' t'M 2504 AWARD OF THE FISHERY â f'i'':i-S; the opinion that tho tliree-raile inshore fisheries of the gulf were of use to them or not ?âA. I think they considered them of considerable vahie. Q. You thinli they did ?âA. Yes. Q. Did that opinion continue, or, if not, when did the opinion change? âA. 1 don't know that that opinion has cA'er changed. Q. Let ni
. Award of the fishery commission [microform] : documents and proceedings of the Halifax Commission, 1877 under the Treaty of Washington of May 8, 1871. Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêches; Pêches. m h>- IS"'^ i« " i'i' t'M 2504 AWARD OF THE FISHERY â f'i'':i-S; the opinion that tho tliree-raile inshore fisheries of the gulf were of use to them or not ?âA. I think they considered them of considerable vahie. Q. You thinli they did ?âA. Yes. Q. Did that opinion continue, or, if not, when did the opinion change? âA. 1 don't know that that opinion has cA'er changed. Q. Let nie read you just a few lines from the remarks of Senator Ham- lin. I suppose you aie a supporter of his, that you have been, and are at this time'?âA. Yes. Q. He is a very able man ?âA. He is said to be. Q. After describing the magnitude and importance of the American fisheries " as the great fountains of commercial prosperity and naval power," he declared that " if American tisherman were kept out of tiiese inshore waters, the immense amount of i)roperty thus invested would become useless, and leave them in want and beggary, or in prison in foreign ;âA. That was iu 1852. That was from headland to head- land. Q. Xow my impression was that they were discussing the question Irrespective of the headland tjuestion. They were discussing the ques- tion whether the tish were not caught within three miles of the shore. Mr. Dana. It may save you the trouble of examining if I state the known fact which cannot affect the witness' mind, that that speecli was made while Great Britain claimed the whole liay of Fuudy an(l all these bays. Mr. Weathebbe. He was arguing in favor of reciprocity. (To tiie witness.) Are you acquainted with Mr. Scudder, of Massachusetts .'â A. No. Q. Mr. Scudder, of Massachusetts, said, referring to the mackerel: These tish are taken in the waters nearer to the coast than the codfish are. A con- siderable portionâfrom one-thir
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