AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISHIOS. 2191 



Q. Due to his prosecution of the bay fishery > A. Ye* : in lr>3 h* hJ * 

 a cost of $ 1 4.000 ; he sold her that fall at St. IVtrr'v for th* ! 



he declared that he cleared in the bu.sitie.ss that yuiu the price be h*l t*>\ <* iu 



Q. Have you any recollection of the year's basinem in I803T 

 was in the Rattler. 



Q. That does not dispute the statement. Have you any . 

 of the year's business. You were interested in other roiaeU 

 the Rattler? A. I had part of two or three vessels then. 



Q. He says he was informed by yon, or from you indirectly, thai. M 

 the result of that year's business, you cleared the cost of that rt>MHf 

 A. I don't know what he meant by the statement. I bud uo Mifb \r*. 

 sel as that at that time. 



Q. The statement was that "ho declared he had cleared in ib* bt|. 

 ness that year the price he had paid for this vessel." A. 1 did nut bate 

 any vessel that year, only the one I went in no new vessel. 



Q. Did you ever sell a vessel at St. Peter's T A. No. 



Q. Can you tell me what was the result of that year's lw*ine*i ! A. 

 I could not tell you. 



Q. Can you not state what was your share of the year's hu*ine* '- 

 A. I made a little something that year. Mostly every year I wa* In tbc 

 bay I cleared, some money. 



Q. Will you contradict this statement? A. I don't think any of it i 

 right. He has got mixed up. 



Q. Is it substantially correct? A. I had no new vessel that year. I 

 think I know where he is, but he has got it wrong. 



Q. Where is he? A. He is two or three years In-hind. 



Q. Then it is substantially correct, although he has not fixed tbe yrar 

 correctly ? A. No ; I did not sell any vessel at St. Peter'*. 



Q. I want to come to the amount of profit. Where did you *H 

 'vessel ? A. I sold a vessel two years after, the Blue Jacket, in Hikl. 



Q. Where? A. In Boston, for $15,000. Perhaps that is wbat be JM 

 referring to. 



Q. What profit had you made that year you had taken 1,070 b*mU 

 in her? A. Yes. 



Q. That would leave a pretty handsome profit 

 year's work. 



Q. Substantially his statement with regard to the year* b 

 correct? A. I don't understand it. 



Q. Did you ever make $14,000 in a one year in > 

 A. No. 



Q. I don't mean in the business, but in the firm !- 

 firm : I was fishing those times. v 



Q. Did you make that much in a year at any 



Q. But it was something comfortable !- 

 money every year at Newfoundland and all roiim 



Q. Are the fish caught off your coasts sent in the Am 

 fresh ? A. They are packed and salted as a rule; 

 packed and salted. Some vessels run fresh 11 



Q. Before I leave the question of profits I want 

 to little book published in Gloucester by Prorter 

 Fishermen's Memorial and Record Book." 

 seen the book ? A. I have heard of it. 



Q. At page 80, under head of "Largest macken 



The largest stock -made in the Bay of St. Lawrence m* 



->i/vnoi v.iioMrnrfh Pftnt. fifiortre Kobnison, m iron. . . *--,* 



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