AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2131 



Q. Previous to that year, do you know what number of remeU roar 

 town had there I A. No. 



Q. Was the number up to that date given from your own knowlednf 

 A. Yes. 



Q. Previous to that year can you give us no idea of the number ? A 

 No. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Q. How many people live at Wellfleet ? A. 2,250. 

 Q. Yon are acquainted with pretty much all of them ? A. Yet. 



By Mr. Trescot : 



Q. Do you know a vessel of the name of R. A. Kingsbury, C*puio 

 Mulock ? A. There is no such vessel and no such captain at our place. 



No. 1C. 



TIMOTHY A. DANIELS, of \Vellfleet, Mass., fisherman, called on behalf 

 of the Government of the United States, sworn and examined. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Q. How old are you ? A. Seventy years. 



Q. Were you engaged in mackerel fishing during a good many year* ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. How many years did you come to the gulf to fish mackerel f A. 

 Seventeen years. 



Q. What year did you begin and what year end f A. From 1*10 to 

 1873 I believe, inclusive ; one year out. 



Q. Were you in the same schooner all the time T A. Yes. 



Q. What was the name of the vessel ? A. Pioneer. 

 . Q. What tonnage t A. 62 tons. 



Q. New or. old measurement ? A. Old measurement. 



Q. Were you captain all those years? A. Yes. 



Q. How many barrels of mackerel did you take in all during the 1? 

 years you were in the gulf? A. 2,678. 



Q. That would be an average of 157 or 15S. What was the Urgent 

 catch you made I A. 280 barrels. 



Q. And what the smallest catch ? A. 62 barrels. 



Q. Whereabouts were you in the habit of fishing?-- A. From Noi 

 Cape to East Point. 



Q. Off Prince Edward Island ? A. Yes, mostly. 



Q. And where else ? A. Off the west short' ami on Bank 



Q. Where did you do your principal fishing on those place* 

 than three miles from shore, or less! A. More than three mil**. 



Q. What is the largest number of American mackerelen you 

 member to have seen together ? A. Abo-it 300, I think, from 2. 



Q. Where did you see them f A. 1 saw most of them off 

 between North Cape and East Point. 



Q. What is the largest number of mackerel vessels \\ ell 

 had in one year in your day? A. About 100 vowels 



Q. And what is the largest number you have ever kno? 

 year in Bay St. Lawrence ? A. From 30 to 40. 



Q. How many mackerelers has Wellfleet now ? 



th Q. k How many has it in the gulf now I-A. There is i 

 had one there this season. 

 Q. If you were a young man and a fisherman once i 



