AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2<>87 



Q. Yon have not altered your opinion ? A. No. 



Q. Your opinion, if you w^ll allow me to put it in n.v word*, in tmu it 

 makes fish cheaper to the consumers in the United State*! A Mr 

 opinion is that it will have that tendency. 



Q. You have never been a practical fisherman ? A. Very little. 

 By Mr. Foster: 



Q. You refer to the petition you and other fishermen went to advo- 

 cate at the time of the Treaty of Washington. Is that it f (Copy of 

 petition produced.) A. I think, from looking it over, it is the memo- 

 rial presented. 



Q. Do you know if this is the petition prepared bv the committee of 

 fishermen at the time you were there ? A. A committee was appointed. 



Q. These are the names of the committee and this was the petition? 

 A. yes. 



Mr. FOSTER. I will put in copy of the petition now or nt some future 

 time. 



By Mr. Weatherbe : 



Q. You did not sign the petition ? A. No. 



Q. You have not looked it over ? A. That was the committee ap- 

 pointed to draught a petition. 



Q. That is all you can state, that Messrs Loring, Baker, and 1'roctor 

 were appointed to draft a petition ? A. That is all. 



SIR ALEXANDER GALT said he doubted whether it would be in order 

 to put in the petition at that stage. 



Mr. FOSTER. I will put in the petition as substantive evidence itself,' 

 not as anything connected with the testimony of the witness, nud I only 

 called attention to it because in cross-examination he said he wag at 

 Washington about that time. Having the petition, I asked him it" that 

 was the petition. 



Mr. WEATHERBE. I take it for granted that such a iH'tltiou wa-s pre- 

 sented. You have not proved it. 



Mr. FOSTER. Not at all. 



Mr. DAVIES. As a matter of fact, was it presented ? 



Mr. FOSTER. Yes. 



No. 11. 



BANGS A. LEWIS, residing at Provincctown, Mass.. men-haul 

 outfitter of vessels, called on behalf of the CiovernnuMit of the I 

 States, sworn and examined. 



By Mr. FOSTER : 



Question. You are thirty-seven years of age ?- 

 thirty-eighth year. 



Q. Were you ever a fisherman yourself ?--A. \es. 



Q. When ? A. First in 185<i. 



Q. For mackerel .'A. Yes. 



Q'. Where? A. On the coast of Maine. 



Q. How long, and what did you catch .'- 

 and we caught 150 barrels. 



Q. Did you ever fish in the gulf ? A. Yes. 



Q. For mackerel ? A. No. 



Q. For what f A. Cod. 



Q. What year was that f A. 1859. 



Q. When did you begin to be connected with n 

 1861. 



