AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2003 



By Mr. Whiteway: 



Q. How many years is it since you fished? A. Since '55 I have 

 not fished. 



Q. Was that the year yon were on the Grand Bank? A. I was not 

 on the Grand Bank in my life. 



Q. Were you ever on the coast of Newfoundland T A. Never. 



Q. Are you aware that there are excellent harbors on that coast, un- 

 surpassed anywhere? A. I don't know anything about it. 



Q. You are not capable of expressing an opinion. You have one ve*- 

 sel fishing on the Banks and one in the Gulf of St. Lawrence? A. I 

 have none on the Banks. 



Q. Have you ever had? A. 1874 was the last one. 



Q. From 1865 to 1874 she went. Do I understand you that she fished 

 continuously from 1865 to 1874 every year one vessel ? A. No. I have 

 had as high as four vessels. 



Q. You had vessels fishing at the Grand Bank from 1865 to 1874? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. Where, during that time, did these vessels obtain their bait? A. 

 They carried it with them from Provincetowu. 



Q. What bait was it? A. It was salt clams and slivers. 



Q. Entirely? What do you mean by slivers T A. The side of a porgy 

 fish cut off. 



Q. Then salt clams and porgy slivers are the only bait you use? A. 

 That was the bait we generally carried. 



Q. Did they ever get squid upon the Banks! A. Yes. 



Q. Did they depend upon this squid principally for their bait T A. 

 No; sir; they depended upon the bait they carried. 



Q. Tell me the average quantity of bait taken by each vessel t A. A 

 vessel carrying 175 hogsheads of salt would carry 50 barrels of bait. 



Q. Your vessels averaged between 65 and 80 tons? A. Yes. 



Q. These' would take 50 barrels of bait? A. Yes. 



Q. Well, now, you had one vessel in 1874 that went into the Newfound- 

 land coast. What was her name? A. The Antelope. 



Q. Was she lost there ? A. No. 



Q. What was the name of the captain ? A. Alexander Lamy. He 

 belonged to the Gut of Canso. 



Q. Did she take salt bait? A. I think not. She took no bait. 



Q. Was that the only vessel ? A. Yes, that was the only cue on the 

 Bank. 



Q. In 1873 did your vessel take any salt bait!- -A. les. 



Q. The first year they did not was 1S74 ?--A. Y-s, only one 



Q. Now proceeding from Provincetowu, where did she go direct 

 To the Banks. 



Q. How long did she remain there ?- 

 Some time in August she went in. 



No. 



Q. When did she arrive 

 pose, after leaving Provincetown. 



Q. From this she went to the Bank?- 



Q. There she remained until August ! A. l es. 



Q. Then she went into Newfoundland ! -A. Yes. 



Q. What was she doing between the time she left 

 and August? A. Fishing. 



Q. What with? A. With small codfish and hahl 



