AWARD OF THK FISHEKV COMMISSION. 2049 



them as neighbors and citizens, i am acquainted with almost e\er . 

 body in Proviucetown.' 



Q. They are all naturalized citizens? A. O, yes; I am connected 

 with the custom-house, and I know something about what is done there 

 When they clear, the captains have to take oath that they are citizen* 

 of the United Stales. 



So. 7. 



FRANCIS M. IREEMA.V. incrcuikui uiid outtitter, ni rrovmcrtown. 

 Mass., was called on behalf of the Government of the United States, 

 sworn and examined. 



By Mr. Trescot : 



Question. How old are you * Answer. 1 am 47. 



Q. What has been your occupation ? A. I have been a tishcnnun 

 part of my life, and an outfitting merchant during part of it. 



Q. What is your present occupation ? A. I am a merchant and out- 

 fitter of vessels. 



Q. Which was the ur..., ;..-ui >.!.. ;,cu .teul Iiauiii ? -A. The first 

 year I was in the Bay of St. Lawrence was 185 1. 



Q. What was the name of the vessel ? A. The Sarah K. Louis. 



Q. Where did you fish ? A. About North Point, on Bank Bradley, 

 and forty miles north of Gaspe". 



Q. What was your catch ? A. About 400 barrels' taken oft' shore. 



Q. That was your first trip? A. Yes; we made another trip. 



Q. Where did you then go : A. About Prince Edward Island and 

 outside of it, and down on the Cape Breton shore, about Margaree 

 Island. 



Q. What did you catch ? A. Six hundred barrels. 



Q. What proportion of it did yon tak^ within the three-mile limit? 

 'A. Two hundred barrels, caught oil' Margaree Island. This was in 

 1851. 



Q. When did fou go again ? A. !n 1855. 



Q. Where were you in the mean time ? A. I was fishing on our shore, 

 and I was in California. 



Q. In what vessel did you go in 1855? A. In the C. \V. Dyer. 



.Q. Where did you fish and what did you catch ! A. We caught 380 

 barrels at the Magdalen Islands; and then came over to SOUTH, where 

 we took about 20 barrels. 



Q. These 20 barrels were caught inshore? A. Yes. 



Q. Out of 380 barrels you took 20 inshore ? A. Yes ; that was my 

 last trip in the bay. 



Q. What were you doing since then ? A. During the next 10 years 

 I kept a grocery at Provincetown. 



Q. When did you begin fishing again ? A. In 18G5. 



Q. What did you do then! A. 1 fitted out two vessels; one went to 

 the Bay of St. Lawrence, and the other to the Grand Bank.. 



Q. And you have kept that up ever since ? A. Yes. 



Q. How many vessels have you now engaged in fishing ?- 



Q. Are they all engaged in the mackerel fishery ? -A. No; they 

 all mackerel-fishers, except one which is in the Bay of 

 1867 I sent one vessel mackereling to the bay. 



Q. How did you succeed ? A. We got 80 barrels 



Q. How long were you there? A. About six week 

 By Mr. Thomson : 



Q. How many did you get in 1805 f- 

 that vear. 



