AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 1939 



home yourself ? A. No. They charge for labor done, which when at 

 home we do for ourselves. 



Q. But you have to take time to do it ? A. Yes. 



Q. And you are catching tish while this is being done ? A. Ye*. 



Q. The expenses are very small at Canso, at Maguire'aT A. O, yea; 

 Mr. Maguire is a nice man. 



Q. And the expenses there are very small ! A. Yes ; but we have to 

 buy barrels and things. 



Q. With whom do you deal at Causo? A. I have dealt with Maguire 

 for two or three seasons. 



Q. And that is where you spent the $100 ? Are you sure of thut t 

 A. I am sure of it. I spent $100 and more too. 



Q. During one year? A. Yes, and more than that. 



Q. I mean on the average every year! A. Yes, I could swear that 

 I spent one hundred dollars. 



Q. You said you spent $100, and that the crew spont each $4 or $.1 1 

 A. Yes, while in the bay for a season, but not at Maguire's. That wa 

 for the whole season through. 



Q. Would you find vessels which had been in the fleet around the 

 Magdalen Islands, fishing off Malpeque and S'mris, in Prince Kdward 

 Island, and at Port Hood and other places ? Would you find any of the 

 vessels that fished at Malpeque, Souris, Cascutnpeque. and other port* 

 fishing for mackerel at the Magdalen Islands? A. Well, most of the 

 mackerel catchers go all over the bay. 



Q. We find that some that go to these places do not go to other places. 

 Have you ever fished in the Bay of Chaleurs ? A. Yes. 



Q. Once? A. O, no; but a good many times half a dozen time*. 



Q. Are you able to see any vessels which had been fishing in the 

 Magdalen Island waters fishing at Malpeque, Souris, or Oaacnmpeqne 1 

 A. I never knew of any vessel catching any tish at Souris in my life. 



Q. Or at Malpeque? A. O,yes. I have known of tisn being caught 

 there. 



Q. And at Cascumpeque ? A. Yes. 



Q. And why not at Souris ! A. I never heard tell of mackerel play- 

 ing around Souris. 



Q. We had a man here who said that a man on snow shoes could walk 

 over them there in the water, and that one vessel got L'OO barrel* there 

 in a day ? A. I never heard tell of them being there. 



Q. You never tried there for fish ? A. No. 



Q. Have you understood that it is a great fishing place ! 

 the. first I ever heard of Souris being a place for catching mac* 

 that is a fact. 



By Mr. Whiteway : 



Q. When did you first fish on the Banks of Newfoundland IB 1 

 or 1874 ? A. 1874 was the first year. 



Q. And you have fished there in 1874, 187.1, and 18,6, and thUMMO 

 A. No, sir. I have been there three seasons those < 

 and 1877. 



Q. You did not fish there in 1874 ?- -A. No, I was not 



Whv were you induced to leave mackerel fishing and to sr to .the 

 Banks of Newfoundland to fish f-A. 1 thought that 

 change ; that is all. 



Q. Was it not because you thought it woul.l be a n.or, 

 operation f-A. No. During the year ot the gale a friend < 



