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years, and he said he had not kept his books so that he could cite it 

 but 5,000 barrels was a large estimate. 



Q. What sail of mackerel Vessels have you this year belonging to 

 your port f A. Fifty-four vessels. 



Q. How many went to the gulf this year ? A. One. 



Q. How many went in 1875? A. One. 



Q. And in 1874 ? A. I think none. There was one in 187fl. 



Q. In the last ten years an exceedingly small pn>|>ortion of the mack- 

 erel fleet of Wellfleet has gone to the gulf? A. Very small. 



By Mr. Weatherbe : 



Q. You say 274,591 barrels were inspected in Wellfleet, during what 

 period ? A. In the last ten years. 



Q. Where did you get those figures? A. They come from the gen- 

 eral inspector's report for the State of Massachusetts. 



Q. Where did you get them ? A. The general inspector semi* the 

 statements to the various inspectors, and I got that from one of our 

 inspectors. 



Q. You got the printed return! A. From the insjector. 



Q. You asked him for a statement in regard to the number of barrel* 

 inspected ? A. I asked him for the amount of mackerel inspected At 

 Wellfleet for the last ten years, and he gave me the figures. 



Q. This was sent to him from where? A. From the general iuxpec- 

 tor at Boston. I suppose so. 



Q. How did the Boston inspector get it? A. That i.s his buitinru. 



Q. How did he get it? A. From the various in8i>ectors. 



Q. From the inspector at Wellfleet ? A. Yes. 



Q. The inspector at Wellfleet would send the information to the gen 

 eral inspector, who would send it back to the inspector at Welltleel ! 

 'A. He places it on file. 



Q. The general inspector would get it from the inspector at Wrll 

 fleet? A. Yes. 



Q. He would know what the quantity was without going to the I 

 ton inspector ? A. I don't know anything about that. This is a < 

 statement. 



Q. Who swore to it ; the inspector ? A. Tin- general i 



Q. The local inspector ? A. The local inspector swore to it 



Q. You would not undertake to say it is correct T- 

 take to swear it is as near correct as men can make figure*. 



Q. There is no return with regard to the proportion of 

 on the different shores? A. They make no distinction * 



Q. Have you undertaken to make a distinction ?- 

 est estimate I could get. 



Q. How did you make it ? because I am instruct* 

 rect. A. I did not say it was correct. 



Q. But you want some importance to I 

 tainly. 



Q. Where did you get it ? A. From one of the i 



Q. What is his name f A. >'oah Swett. 



Q. What did he tell you f-A. That to the l>est of Ins 

 he has been in the business twenty-tive J^ars) then- 

 barrels of mackerel brought into the town of \\ell 

 during the last ten years. 



Q. He kept no record of that f A. I could i 



Q. Don't vou know whether he kept any n-ooi 



Q. You never asked him that f-A. I don t 

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