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make it separate. The captain will perhaps have two or three shares 

 and the rest will be on half-lines. 



Q. What do you mean by that did each man get one-half of his own 

 catch ? A. When his fish are sold and we have paid for the inspection 

 we give each man one-half. 



Q. One-half of his own fish ? A. Yes ; and we take the rest. 



Q. And a report is made respecting the fish which each sharesman 

 has caught ? A. Tes. 



Q. And is it your duty as captain to see that a just division of the 

 fish is made at the end of the voyage? A. In our place the captain 

 settles the voyage with his crew. 



Q. And then you have to make out an account for the whole voyage, 

 showing how much has been caught in all, how much each man has 

 caught, and how much each man's share is? A. Yes. 



Q. And these old accounts you have, to some extent, preserved up to 

 this time ? A. Yes. 



Q. Where did you find them ? A. In my attic. 



Q. In preparation for your coming here you went up to the attic and 

 examined your accounts, and some, you say, were account-books! 

 A. Yes. 



Q. To what extent had you put down memoranda as to the places 

 where the principal catch was made in those account-books? A. I think 

 one-half or more. 



Q. Then, from those copies of accounts rendered, and from those old 

 account-books, you were able to make up and write down in your memo- 

 randum-book a list of the voyages you have made and the catch of each 

 year? A. Yes. 



Q. And with the help of those old. account-books and of accounts 

 rendered, you have refreshed your memory and given as good an ac- 

 count as you could of the particular localities where you fished ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. Have you looked at this schedule of fishing licenses issued to 

 United States fishermen "I A. Yes. 



Q. There is no doubt but what you paid for those two licenses, is 

 there ? A. Why, no. 



Mr. FOSTER. I call the attention of our brethren on the other side to 

 this matter. Here are the two licenses, and in our inspection of the list 

 we have not been able to discover the name of the captain or the fact of 

 the issue of these licenses. 



By Mr. Davies : 

 Q. What years do you speak of I A. 1866 and 1868. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Q. You bongtit them in the gulf ? A. I bought them at Port Mul- 

 grave. Vincent Wallace was .then collector of customs there. 



By Mr. Weatherbe : 



Q. When you were in the Euth S. At wood you did not take out a 

 license f A. No. 



Q. You were in this vessel and you had no license in 1867? A. Yesf 

 1806 and 18G8 were the years when I had licenses. 

 By Sir Alexander Gait : 



Q. I would like to ask you if you ever took advantage of these licenses 

 to fish inshore ? Where did you fish when you had these licenses? A. 

 I got the licenses to fish inshore, but I could not find any fish there. 



