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By Mr. DANA: 



Q. Where is Harbor Grace ? A. On the Eastern coast, in Concep- 

 tion Bay ; it is situated on one side of this bay. 



By Mr. WHITEWAY : 



Q. You are a native of Nova Scotia ? A. Yes. 



Q. How long did you reside at Fortune Bay ? A. About nineteen 

 years. 



Q. This is in close proximity to the islands of St. Pierre and 

 Miquelon? A. Yes; the islands of St. Pierre, Langley, and Mique- 

 lon lie across from the entrance to the bay. 



Q. Besides a thorough knowledge of the Newfoundland fisheries, 

 you have also an intimate acquaintance with the manner in which 

 the fisheries are carried on by the French ? A. I have. I have been 

 at St. Pierre Island probably one hundred times. 



Q. What fisheries exist on the coast of Newfoundland? A. The 

 cod, salmon, herring, halibut, turbot, and seal fisheries. 



Q. Are not caplin and squid caught there ? A. Yes ; and there are 

 a number of other species of fish which are sometimes taken for bait. 



Q. Herring, caplin, and squid are the fish which are usually used 

 for bait? A. Yes; some fishermen use shell-fish, but this is very 

 rarely done. 



Q. Will you point on the map the Kamea Islands? A. They are 

 here, on the Western coast. 



Q. Will you trace the map around Cape Ray to Quirpon and Cape 

 John ? A. Here is Quirpon, and here White Bay, and there is Cape 

 John. 



Q. Between Quirpon and Cape John lies the part of the coast along 

 which, I believe, the French and English enjoy concurrent right to 

 fish, and where, under the Washington Treaty, the Americans have 

 a right to fish? A. Yes. 



Q. And the Washington Treaty gave to the Americans the privi- 

 lege of fishing from-Rameaux eastwardly to Cape Race, and thence 

 north to Quirpon? A. Yes. 



Q. So that, on this portion of the coast, from Cape Ray by Quirpon 

 to Cape John, the Americans, English, and French have now con- 

 current right to fish, and the Americans and English on the remainder 

 of the coast? A. Yes. On the East coast are situated Notre Dame 

 Bay, Bonavista Bay, Trinity Bay, and Conception Bay; and on the 

 Western coast Saint Mary's and Placentia and Fortune Bay. The 

 others are smaller inlets. 



Q. Up to Ramea Islands? A. Yes. 



Q. By the Wellington Treaty the Americans have concurrent right 

 with the English to fish on that portion of the coast? A. Yes; and 

 on the whole of the coast. 



TUESDAY, August 14* 

 The conference met. 

 The examination of Judge BENNETT was continued. 



By Mr. WHITEWAY: 

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Q. Now, with regard to the western coast of the island over which 

 the Americans prior to the Washington Treaty enjoyed the privilege 



