2032 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. Did you happen to have a license in 1868? A. Yes. 



Q. AVhere did you catch the 112 barrels ? A. I caught them all over 

 the gulf; probably I got 20 or 30 barrels inshore off Miscou. 



Q. What other fishing did you do in 1868 ? A. I did not do any 

 other. 



Q. In 1869 what were you doing ? A. I made one trip in the bay. 



Q. Where was that ? A. I caught them on Bank Orphan. 



Q. How many ? A. Oue hundred and twenty barrels. 



Q. Did you have a license in 1869 ? A. No. 



Q. Since then, what have you been doing ; fishing yourself! A. No ; 

 I have not been fishing since. I thought that it was about time to 

 wind up. 



Q. Have you been interested since in mackerel vessels ? A. Yes. 



Q. How many mackerel vessels are there this year from the town 

 where you reside, Wellfleet ? A. I think 52. 



Q. I have carried you down through your own experiences as a fish- 

 erman. I want now to take the vessels engaged in mackereling in 

 which you were interested. Were you interested in any vessels in 

 1870? A. Yes. 



Q. Where were they fishing ? A. They were fishing on our coast, 

 most of them. 



Q. In 1871 were you interested in any ? A. Yes. 



Q. And again in 1872 ? A. Yes. 



Q. Were the vessels in which you were interested in the bay that 

 year ? A. I don't recollect. I could not say for that year. 



Q. You have not examined as to where the vessels in which you were 

 interested were fishing in 1870, 1871, and 1872 ? A. No.* 



Q. "Were you interested in any vessels in 1873 ? A. Yes. 



Q. Was that the year of the gale? A. I think it was. 



Q. What vessels were you interested in then ? A. I was interested 

 in three. 



Q. What were they? A. H. W. Pierce, John Somes, E. H. Kich. 



Q. What became of them ? A. The E. H. Rich was cast away in 

 Pleasant Bay, Magdalen Islands. The other two were also there. One 

 went ashore, and the other ran upon the Banks, but we got her off with 

 very little expense. The E. H. Rich was lost about altogether. 



Q. What did those other two vessels do ; how much did they take? 

 A. The H. W. Pierce had 240 barrels, I think. The John Somes had 

 about 100 barrels; she had not done much. 



Q. Since 1873 have you been interested in mackerel-vessels? A. 

 Yes. 



Q. Where have they been fishing? A. On our coast. 



Q. Take the present year, 1877, what mackerel-vessels are you inter- 

 ested in ? A. I am interested in six. 



Q. What are they doing ? A. Fishing on our coast. 



Q. In what way? A. Seining. 



Q. What mackerel-vessels are there in the gulf this year from the 

 town of WellHeet out of 52 mackerelers ? A. None. We had one 

 called Unis P. Newman; we had a report that she had left Canso with. 

 70 barrels. 



Q. And gone where ? A. On our coast. 



Q. In 1876 how many mackerel-vessels had you in the gulf from Well- 

 fleet? A. One. 



Q. What did she get? A. About forty barrels, I think. I was not 

 concerned in those vessels. 



