AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2033 



Q. From information you received you think she got forty barrels lo*t 

 year 1 ? A. Yes. 



Q. In 1875, how many? A: Only the same vessel. 



Q. How many barrels did she get! A. One hundred and forty bar- 

 rels. 



Q. In 1874, after the gale, were there any Wellfleet mackerel -vessel* 

 in the bay? A. No, not that I can recollect. 



Q. Now I should like to inquire whether there is, or ever wan, from 

 the town of Wellfleet, such a mackerel-vessel as K. A. Kingsburv, 

 Captain W. Mulock ! A. I never knew any such vessel or captain. 



Q. Was there ever such a captain as W. Mulock in that town T A. 

 Not that I remember. 



Q. You don't know such a vessel or such a captain at WellHeet ! A. 

 I do not. 



Q. Which would you prefer that the former duty of *ii |xr barrel 

 should be levied on British mackerel and you be excluded from the 

 three miles limits, or you be allowed to fish where you will and have 

 British fish come in duty free ? A. I should prefer the $'J duty. 



Q. And what is the opinion of others engaged in the business, so far 

 as you know? A. I think that would be every man's mind in my place, 

 because we suppose our fish would fetch $2 more per barrel. 



Q. Has the supply of mackerel on the American coast for the last few 

 years been good or poor? A. Very good last year. 



Q. How is it this year ? A. This year, so far as I have learned, it i.s 

 not so good ; fish are pretty scarce. 



By Mr. Weatherbe : 



Q. The list you prepared you say you got from your account-books ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. And from other sources ? A. Yes ; and from other sources. 

 ' Q. What were the other sources ? A. From 1SG3 to ISu'D I got from 

 the inspectors. 



Q. From 1852 to 1863 the information you gave in evidence was from 

 your own account-books ! A. From my own books and bills, as nigh as 

 I could judge, 



Q. Why did you not follow your own books right down T--A. I got 

 tired of looking over my own bills and 1 went right down to the iu- 

 spector. 



Q. What did you get from him ? A. He gave me an account from 

 his books. 



Q. What account could he give you ? I want to ascertain what 

 have given from your books and what from memory : you gave the 

 years, number of trips names of vessels, quantity caught, and places 

 where caught from the book ? A. Yes. 



Q. That is what you got from the book ?- -A. In my other ve* 

 packed with different inspectors. 



Q. Am I correct iu stating that you got from the book the 3 

 ber of trips, names of vessels, quantities caught, and place* 

 caught? A. Yes; as nigh as I could judge. 



Q. Did you get that from the book ? A. I took it from the I 



Q. Did you take all these things from this book ? 

 them all from the book. 



Q. The names of the vessels you got from the book .- 



Q. The whole of them f-A. The whole of the vessels 



Q. You have given all the quantities you caught I 

 Yes. 



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