AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2<>95 



Q. How do you use birds for bait !-A. We cut them up ami ixmiul 

 them up. 



By Sir Alexander Gait : 



Q. When your vessels have been in Newfoundland, have they ever 

 sold any fish ? A. Not to my knowledge ; if they have done o, "it ha 

 been without giving an account to the owners. 



Xo. 12. 



MONDAY, Sej)tcmbft 24, is;:. 

 The Conference met. 



JAMES W. GRAHAM, master mariner, of Wellfieet, Mam., wan called 

 on behalf of the Government of the United States, sworn and exam 

 ined. 



By Mr. Trescot : 



Question. You have been a fisherman by profession ? Answer. Ye. 



Q. How old are you ? A. I was 44 last December. 



Q. How long have you been fishing ? A. I was about .'JO years in the 

 fishing business, beginning in 1847, when I was 14 years old. 



Q. You were engaged in the mackerel fishery entirely! A. Ye*. 



Q. When did you first so go out ? A. In 1847, when a boy, on our 

 shore. 



Q. What line of shore do you mean when you say "our shore r ? 

 A. It might include anywhere from about Cape Henry, on the Virginia 

 coast, to the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, oft' and in shore. I was fish- 

 ing along there for four or five years until 1851. 



Q. What did you do in 1851 ? A. I went into the Bay of St. Law- 

 rence. 

 ' Q. In what capacity ? A.. As a sh a resin an on board of a vessel. 



Q. What was her name? A. She was the Josephine, of Wellfleet, 

 Captain Curtis. 



Q. That was the year of the great gale ? A. Yes. 



Q. Where did you go, and where did you tish T A. On our first trip, 

 we fished about Prince Edwtwd Island. 'During the spring of that year, 

 I went out south, and off Block Island. We got about 100 barrels. We 

 then came in and fitted out for the bay, where we caught .'120 barrels on 

 our first trip. 



Q. Then what did you do ? A. We went home, landed 

 returned to the Bay of St. Lawrence. 



Q. What did you get on your second trip ? A. 220 barn-Is 



Q. Whereabouts did you catch your fish on your first trip T- 

 of Prince Edward Island, from New London up to North Gaffe, am 

 of them on Bank Bradley. We caught a few within .'5 mile* of 

 but I do not mean to say that we fished usually within ii 

 land. 



Q. What proportion of the 320 did you procure within tl 

 limit ? A. That is a hard question to answer ; a rough esl 

 be perhaps 30 or 40 barrels. 



Q. Where did you fish on the second trip T- -A. FromPorl 

 the shores to Margaree. We caught nothing within thrve 

 coast of Cape Breton, but in drifting down back and I 

 perhaps 20 or 30 barrels within three miles of Marg 



Q. What did you do in 1852 .'-A. I was then ... tl 

 the Josephine. 





