AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2071 



Q. Will you do it then ? A. Yes; I could name them if I wa* to hrioir 

 them to my recollection to look them all up. 



Q. Well, you cannot recollect them all now? A. I can some. 



Q. We might have had the whole of them by this time. A. There in 

 James Small. 



Q. How long did he say! A. It took him three weeks to go in to St. 

 Peter's. 



Q. Go on. Who else ? A. William Mattheson. 



Q. How long did he say? A. I do not know the time. 



Q. Who else ? A. Captain Mackay. 



Q. How long did he say ! A. I do not recollect. 



Q. Any one else? A. I could go on naming them. 



Q. Well, go on ; the quicker you go the quicker we will get done. 

 A. How many do you want to know, the whole of them ? 



Q. Yes; the dozen you spoke of. A. If it must be, I will have to 

 make a memorandum. 



Q. It would be very interesting, indeed ; let us have the other eight. 

 A. There is where I got my knowledge from. 



Q. From the captains that visited Newfoundland for bait those you 

 have named? As to the other captains, you don't remember the timea 

 it occupied them? A. I didn't suppose 



Q. Never mind supposing ; did other captains tell you the time ! A. 

 They did. I can't recollect each one separately. 



Q. Well, now, why did you pledge yourself that it would occupy on 

 the average ten days to go in and get bait and come outT You pledged 

 yourself to that statement. Now you say the only basis of that is that 

 two captains told you it occupied them four days, and another a week; 

 how do you arrive at ten days ? A. There is one in there now. 



Q. Never mind about him. Explain how you arrived at ten days. 

 You pledged your oath it would occupy ten days to go in. A. I pledged 

 my oath ! I said no such thing. 



Q. You didn't say it would occupy ten days T A. I said that wa my 

 best judgment. 



Q. You pledged your word ? A. I didn't pledge my word at the time. 



Q. You withdraw it ? A. I pledge my word that is the best of my 

 judgment. 



Q. But you never were down there ? A. Not on the Hank fishery. 

 I told you I was not there ; that I got my information from captain 

 that had been there. 



Q. One told you four days, and another a week f- -A. Yea ; ow 

 the vessel's sailing, and the weather. If you got in the fog 



Q. Don't you know there is no fog on the coast of Newfoundlam 

 A. I have been there myself. 



Q. When? A. A great many years ago. 



Q. You said you never were there ? -A. I was never ther 



Q. Were you there Bank-fishing ? A. No. 



Q. You were on the coast, you say f A. I have harb 

 foundland a good many times. 



Q. When were you there ? A. I can go back to forty years 



Q. Where were vou then T-A. On the north side of New 



Q. Be kind enough to say what part. A. Bonne J 



Q D That is on the western side, is it not f A. No: on the 

 western. e , . iintv 



Q. You were there forty years ago ; did you see a 

 of it. 



