AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION 



Q. You never made any inquiries ? A. No. I had a partner, who 

 kept the books and attended to that part of the buMtueaa. 



Q. You left that matter to him! A. Yes. I don't know whether he 

 took out licenses or not. 



Q. Do you know of any vessel which took out license* T A. I know 

 6"f some, but I do not know their names. 



Q. For what reasons should they have taken out liceuAcn ! A. I fare 

 you my reason why I would, if I sent vessels. 



Q. That is your own personal reason ? A. Yes. 



Q. You cannot give the reasons of any one else ? A. No. 



Q. What is your reason ? A. If I sent a vessel down to the bay. and 

 did not take out a license, it would not be allowed to tUh within thrw 

 miles of the shore; but by paying a certain amount, it would have the 

 right to fish within three miles, and the license would save the veMel If 

 it went in, and the cost of the license would not amount to a great deal. 



Q. Why could you not direct him not to go in ! A. We lone all con- 

 trol over our vessels when they go away. 



Q. If you were going there yourself, you would not take out a 

 license? A. I don't -know what I might do now; I know what I hate 

 done. 



By Mr. Whiteway : 



Q. You have not been fishing yourself since 1800! A. No. 



Q. You have never fished on the Grand Bank or Georges Hank* for 

 codfish since I860? A. I have fished on Georges Banks. 



Q. But never on the Grand Banks f A. No. 



Q. You never went to the Newfoundland coast for bait f- 

 have, however, gone in the winter from Fortune Bay to the New York 

 market with fish. 



Q. Was that many years ago ? A. I think it was in 1 

 I will not be positive. 



Q. You speak of Gloucester cod-lishing vessels takm 

 port, Shelburne, and Prospect ? A. Yes. 



Q. What description of bait ? A. Herring. 



Q. Salted? A. No; fresh. 



Q. Where were these obtained? A. From now t 

 get them at Eastport and Grand Manan and Camppbello, an. 

 son advances, say from May to June, we are obliged to c 

 coast here, down at Shelburne; and during the latt 

 son we are obliged to go for bait to Canso. 



Q. Do the cod-fishing vessels from Gloucester take all 

 require for the season, in the shape of frozen berrin 



Q. What bait do they take besides frozen herring 

 do not take any frozen herring. 



Q. Do they take salt herring ?- 



~v much does each vessel take?-A. I coold not 

 they 'take from Kastport or Shelburne !- 



Q. uo they take sufficient to last them for ^Sf^^^St 



voyage? A. Not all ; but some do. 

 parts of Argyle and Pubnico take very 



They lay thlre and fill up their trips without * ? "* JJ 



They are old bankers, and they have not go ^ f ^ 



own men and the Cape Breton skippers bai 

 not know but four times during tl 

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