AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 'J02! 



owners give their crews as wages. Now, there are men coming Urr 

 who are owners of vessels at Proviocetown, ami who know how nut 

 they give the men. 



Q. I suppose you are not prepared to say that your opinion on any 

 question connected with the fisheries is not looked upon in Province. 

 town with great respect ? A. I don't want to give it out to the iieoolo 

 that I know a great deal. 



Q. But as a fact you do ? A. If they accord that to me I fwl they 

 have paid a compliment. 



Q. They do accord it to you, and you feel it a compliment ! A. II 

 thej T accord it to me they exalt me. 



Q. You are aware, from information, that a large number of American 

 vessels fishing on the Grand Banks do go into the coast of Newfound- 

 land to obtain bait? A. Yes; I believe they do. I have had no \r 

 sonal participation in it. 



Q. Did it never appear to you as singular that, if it was disadvan- 

 tageous to the conduct of the fishery for them to do so, they should do 

 so, and go on increasing in numbers f A. I know when tiioae ve*MU 

 go away they leave with the hope of finding squid on the Hank*. In 

 the event of their not finding them they necessarily go to Newfoundland 

 for bait. It is only a few years since they began to go there. 



Q. But is it not singular that they should, in such large numbers, go 

 there, if it is disadvantageous for them to go there ? A. They won't 

 prosecute it very long if it is so. 



Q. You say the number has been increasing and the greatest number 

 was there last year; if it was disadvantageous, was it not singular that 

 they should so go there? A. Looked at in that way it would be; bat 

 I have given the reasons why they go. 



Q. You have given the reasons for forming your opinion T A. I 

 have said that they get a cheaper crew, and hope to find bail on the 

 Banks. 



Q. You have given reasons for your opinion ? A. Yes. 



Q. But the practical effect is different from your theory or opinion. 

 Is that the case ? A. It would seem so in that respect. I have AtAteU 

 what I conscientiously believe to be the cause of their going to Newfound- 

 land a cheaper crew and hope of getting squid on the Bank*. 



Q. You state that as your candid belief f A. It is my candid belief 

 that there lies the inducement. 



Q. You have stated that you knew of only one man who had rertttrd 

 his vessels off the coast of the Dominion and carried on the Hank 

 ery from thence. You referred to a man at St. Peter's !- 

 acted at St. Peter's. 



Q. Who made an arrangement to send live vessels u> the < 

 Banks ? Will you name the individual ? A. Henry Cook. 



Q. In what year was that ! A. In 1874, I think, 

 tive. 



Q. Are you not aware of any others ? A. I 

 have attempted that locating to carry on the Bank fishery. 



Q. Have you heard of the American who has Mtftbl 

 business at St. Mary's, on the south coast of New found lan< 

 the Bank tisherv ? A. Xo ; I don't know who lie i 



Q. There may be a great many so established witboa 

 of them ? A. There may be a great number. 



Q. Have you ever heard of three so established at 3 

 A. No; I don't know who they are. I know tin* mm 

 Magdalen Islands, that last year some persons wen i 



