AWARD OF THE FISHERY ( OMMIlMJIOH. 



Q. Is thato nly cod-fishing? A. Yes; eod.fibingexelniri.lr. \\VII 

 we have sent vessels off there, mackereling. but they didn't *rrm i.. ito 

 very much there for the last year or two. It luwnl to be a jjund Bubtotf 

 ground for mackerel. 



Q. What other places are there for mackerel t A. Our own r.m*t. 



Q. Has that beeu good along for the last fifteen or twenty ymn ! A. 

 There have been a great many mackerel taken on our coiuit'duriog tb 

 last four or five years. 



Q. Previous to the last five years, were there many T A. Yen ; U baa 

 always been a business which our vessels have followed. 



You mean to say for the last live years it has bwu awn- abun- 

 dant! A. Yes; last year especially. 



Q. This year how is ill A. Rather a failure. The mackerel fUatftg 

 varies every year. You don't get any two years alike. 



Q. Well, I want to know whether the mackerel (tailing i* no renmiiit- 

 ative in American waters that they need not go anywhere H*p ! A. 

 Well, that is what we have done the last three years. What we tint* 

 done elsewhere is a mere fraction. It does not amount to anything. 



Q. In 1852 you went in the bay. Why didn't you remain iu yotir uwn 

 waters ; it was nearer to you and handier in every .shuj>e ! A. I nup|MMV 

 we thought we could do better going in the bay. 



t> Q. Then you were not doing well enough in your own water*, woe* 

 you were looking for other quarters f A. Well, we were in bo|*w w 

 would do better. 



Q. Well, you say that from 1852 to 1858 yon were luforwtod in worn* 

 twenty vessels? A. I think I had all the way fifteen to twenty wil, I 

 believe. 



Q. How many of these came in the bay from 1H.T. 1 to I, 

 they all go'? A. Well, all my vessels that I hal an interest in at i 

 time. Our business was to fit them in the spring for the bank 

 after that, s'ay about the first or middle of July, for the bay. 

 them would go two trips. 



Q. Did you send them all ? A. The principal part of 



Q. \Vhy didn't you fish in your own waters !- 

 Sometimes we would fish in our own waters ami aim in the b*y 

 same season. We would send them away to the bay the I 

 and when they came home we would keep them on our 



Q. I suppose the trip is far shorter in your own wate 

 into the bay. When you send your vessel from <. 

 of St. Lawrence, how long after do yon expect her 

 it is just according to how plenty the mackerel are. 



Q. What is the average time they take f 

 about-some years it is longer than others- 

 weeks for an average trip. 

 Q. Well, when you send these same v.w 

 mackerel-fishing, how long does it take for a tnp !- 

 stay out three or four or five weeks, may be. 

 handy home. They can come in just as 9.1011 a 

 erel, and land them, thinking they can get a belt 

 wait to make a full trip. 



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