. 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. AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2993 f t\ie shore, the British iree tnilesot Porgies are iree miles of in your State inii maiming Lenj^tth of the which go to [ of returniug Lrol Fishiug- t Provisions: tlitionâSeiiiii, costing $9,00() le answer tlie .1, and mauued IsUud, so far r diftereuce be- srican vessel in reason tor it. atted & cannot I fishermeu-do I t capacity, wiili nek, Quebec, or li which


. 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. AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2993 f t\ie shore, the British iree tnilesot Porgies are iree miles of in your State inii maiming Lenj^tth of the which go to [ of returniug Lrol Fishiug- t Provisions: tlitionâSeiiiii, costing $9,00() le answer tlie .1, and mauued IsUud, so far r diftereuce be- srican vessel in reason tor it. atted & cannot I fishermeu-do I t capacity, wiili nek, Quebec, or li which of tbese 1 Ed wards Island joasts which are I (Vovisionsof tliej |d & Hake, value (say from be thrown opi'ii â¢a value of the! >e miles distant! [not s'.iy. 1 urs within tlireel Ito what extent,! ishiug-l>ei'bap*| â sill the ports ofl Irrels, provisionsJ lie fisheries- ij |be case, is it m le fishing vesseJ V fishing seiwfl lev-value of m 1 supplies, at b«J '_^Nc some othel those DoniiuwiJ l-vsts of tlie Bui ld,)bothvvitlio>i| and within the tbree-raile lioiit ? If so, state how many vessels are so engaced, what is the value of their tonnage, what is the nnmber of men employed annually on .such vessels, what sorts of tish are taken there, what is the annual value of all the fish so caught, and what is the pro- portion, or probable proportion, in your judgment, of the amount of such [ittcli taken within three miles of the British coast, and of the amount taken of the three-mile limit' Should think that 175 to 200 Vessels ranging at45 to 50tons, averaging eleven men each,goannualley lotbe British Provinces for Mackrel & will average, I should think, 180 libls Mackrel each for the seasons catchâof which, more than i| are taken out side of the " ; 2S. What percentage of value, if any, is, in your judgment, added to the profits of a voyage by the privilege to fish within three marine miles of the coast; whence is such


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