AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 1273 



The said Isaac Levesconte was sworn to the truth of this nflidavit at. 

 Arichat, in the county of Richmond, this 4th day of August, A. I). 1877, 

 before me. 



E. P. FLYNN, 

 A Justice of the Peace. 



No. 149. 



In the matter of the Fisheries Commission at Halifax, under t'.ie Treaty 



of Washington. 



I, WILLIAM W^ENTZEL, of Moose Harbor, in the county of Queen's, 

 fisherman, make oath and say as follows: 



1. I have been engaged in the fisheries for about forty years. For the 

 last ten years solely in the inshore fisheries in Queen's County. 



2. In my experience, large numbers of American vessels run into this 

 harbor for bait about two hundred a year; and have done so for about 

 ten years each year. They get ice in this harbor in which to preserve 

 this bait. The Americans say it is a great benefit to them to get this 

 bait and ice, and they could not carry on successfully the Bank fishing 

 without it. 



3. , of , Mclntosh, skipper, came in here and 



baited, and in one fortnight got his trip of halibut, lauded the same in 

 Boston, and was back here for his second baiting all in one fortnight, 

 and left here last night on another trip, which is his third trip this 

 season. 



WILLIAM WENTZEL. 



Sworn to at Moose Harbor, in the county of Queen's, this ICth day of 

 August, A. D. 1877, before me. 



S. T. N. SELLON, 

 Justice of the Peace. 



No. 150. 



In the matter of the Fisheries Commission at Halifax, under the Treaty 



of Washington. 



I, PARDON GARDNER, of Port Mouton, in the county of Queen's, fish- 

 erman, make oath and say as follows : 



1. I have been engaged in the fisheries for thirty-six years, all in the 

 inshore fisheries, and am well acquainted with the inshore fisheries in 

 Queen's County for the said time. 



2. During the past twelve years many American vessels have been 

 here for bait and they have got ice here in which to preserve it. Dur- 

 ing the last six years as many as between twenty to thirty vessels ran 

 here for bait yearly. They run here from March till November. The 

 Americans say it is of great benefit to them to be able to procure bait ; 

 without this bait it would be impossible for them to catch fish. These 

 vessels take from eighteen to twenty-five barrels of bait each. The 

 Americans buy this bait in order to save time and expense. 



3. The codfish vessels run out and come in again about every t\vo or 

 three weeks, and this they do about three times until they get a full 

 fare on the banks off this coast from fifteen to twenty miles. The Amer- 

 icans take the codfish principally by trawling. 



PARDON GARDNER. 



