AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2047 



Q. Where did you try to fish inshore ! Did you make any tin* ot 

 them ? A. I tried there, but I could not find any fob inshore, ami HO I 

 went off. 



Q. Where was this? A. About Prince Edward Island. 



Q. Both years ? A. Yes. 



By Mr. Weatherbe : 



Q. Mr. Whitcher has called ray attention to the II. W. Pierce you 

 gave evidence respecting that vessel ! A. Yes. 



Q. You say she was employed on the United States coast in 1873! 

 A. No ; not if my memory serves me rightly. 



Q. During what years did you say that she was employed on the 

 United States coast! A. That was in 1874 and 187">. I think it WM 

 in 1873, when she was cast away at the time of the gale on the M.ix'Ja- 

 len Islands. 



Q. During what years was the John Somes employed on the United 

 States coast? A. During the same years 1874 and 1875. 



Q. You have just stated that when you had these licenses yon fished 

 off the coast of Prince Edward Island ! A. I said I tried there but 

 could not find any fish. 



Q. On what part of the coast were you! A. I was all along it, from 

 East Point to North Cape. 



Q. How long did you try there ? A. I tried off and on at different 

 times. 



Q. About how many times did you try ! A. Probably 40 or .V). 



Q. I understand that you previously mentioned all the places where 

 you had fished or tried to fish, but you did not mention this fact. Did 

 you ever try to fish there during other years ? A. No. 



Q. What then induced you to take out a license and try there the.m 

 years! A. I thought I would get a license so that 1 would not be dis- 

 turbed. 



Q. But you say that you had never gone there before ! A. But I 

 thought I would go. 



Q. I understood that you had previously named all the placet where 

 you had tried to fish. You told me that you had gone to Hank Bradley 

 and to the Magdalen Islands, but you did not require a license for this!- 

 A. You never asked me about those years. 



' Q. I asked you about all the years when you were fishing in the bay.- 

 A. You did not ask me about 18G6 and 1808. 



Q. I questioned you generally. A. I did not understand yon, tl 



Q. Your previous answer was that you had never fished at any oil 

 places, and that you had only gone to Bank Bradley and the Magdalen 

 Islands. Is that correct? A. I also said that I had been at J 

 ture. 



Q. Previous to this yon never fished except at the places * 

 have mentioned ? A. Yes. 



Q. And you have never tried anywhere else ! -A. 



Q. And though you had never tried to fish off Prince J 

 you thought that you would go and get a license and 

 thought that I would try there. 



No. 5. 



Capt. NATHANIEL AT\VOOD was recalled and examine*! 

 By Mr. Foster: 



Question. Will you produce the list of vessels 

 understand that you cannot give the names ot their captt 

 I cannot give all of them. 



