AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMM18HIOX. 



land, besides St. Peter's and St. Jacques, that vear for bait '- v \ 

 that I remember of. 



Q. What bait did you use ? A. Herri ng. 



Q. Where did you procure it ? A. I came into St. Peter'* for it 



Q. Then you went there several times during that year ! A Ye*. 



Q. Did you go into any port in Newfoundland beside*? A I o 

 went up Fortune Bay for bait. 



Q. Then you went in repeatedly that year to get bait? A. I lnl. 



Q. Fresh bait is far superior to salt bait, I believe ! A. Well, I ilimk 

 it is better than salt bait. 



Q. Did you fish with a trawl ? A. Yes. 



Q. And 1870 is the only year when you went into Newfoundland f,, r 

 bait? A. It is the only year I remember of; yen. 



Q. Did you go in there for it in 1871 or 187L' ? A. I think not. I 

 know that I did not do so. 



Q. Are you certain that you did not! A. I am clear tbat I did Dot 

 goto St. Peter's or anywhere about the Newfoundland coat; bat I 

 think I got bait about this coast. 



Q. At what part of the Nova Scotian coast ? A. I bailed up once in 

 Prospect. That was in 1873. 



Q. I thought that you were mackerel fishing in 1S73 ? A. Tbat wa 

 the case, part of the year. 



Q. In 1871 and 18713 did you get your bait for Hank flailing oo tb* 

 coast of Nova Scotia ? A. In 1872 I did, but I do not think (but I unit 

 Bank fishing in 1871. 



Q. You stated just now that you were Bank fishing in 1*71 ? A. Dur 

 ing those years there was one year when I did not go fiabing ; bat in 

 1873 I went Bank fishing one trip, and afterward I went mackerel- (Ub 

 ing. 



Q. Where did you get your bait in I860 ! A. I think tbat I did not 

 go banking that year. 



Q. Then you did not go Bank fish i lie in I860 or 1H7I ; ami you olj 

 fished on the Banks in 1870 and 187U and the tirst part of 1*73 

 A. Yes. 



By Mr. Dana : 



Q. You went to Saint Pierre for bait f A. Yes. 



Q. Is that as good as any place in Newfoundland for the pmri 

 bait? A. I found that I could get bait every time I wnn 

 the years I frequented the Banks. 



By Mr.Whiteway: 



Q. You now refer to the French Island f A. Yen. 



Q. I understood you to say that you went to Sain 

 and not being able to procure it there, went to Saint 

 first said so. I think that I went there one trip when 

 bait and had to go for it up Fortune Hay, but at 

 not the case. 



BENJAMIN MADDOCKS, fish-dealer, of Gloucester, Maw 

 behalf of the American Government, sworn am 



By Mr. Dana : 



Question. When did you cease to go fishing .'- 

 last trip in 1852. 

 Q. When did you make your first fis' ing voy 



