AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMIH8IOJC. 



Q. Then there was the 



Schooner Eureka Captain Rowe, vn ldl',3, in i x month, nuurkmtuw off U 



Q. Is that a correct statement apparently! A. Yen. 



Q. When you said that one of your vessels stocked *5,OUU but tear 

 what did you mean ? A. I cleared $.>,(MH>. 



Q. What do you mean by that ? A. I had that amount of BMXMT 

 clear after paying all expenses. 



Q. That was not the net stock, but you made *-V)00! A. Y: W 

 stocked about 817,000. 



Q. Then your vessel that seined last summer stocked 1 17.000 ? A. 

 Yes. 



Q. What was her net stock ? A. That was about the net stock. Bfee 

 ran fresh mackerel. When you run fresh mackerel you take the rot of 

 the ice out of the whole stock the gross stock. A vessel alwaj* DM 

 something to come out of it, and that brought what was cleared down to 

 $5,000. 



Q. I would like you to tell me what is the most money you erer ouuU 

 in your business in all its branches in any one year in your life ! 

 The year I had the Blue Jacket 1 had another vessel, the Uattler; the 

 packed a little over 1,000 barrels that year, I think. Green tuu it oo 

 his books now. I sold the vessel, and I guess I likely made lo.ooo 

 that year. 



Q. That was your best year; the 610,000 includes the profit you m*U 

 on the sale of the vessel ; your two vessels did remarkably well UuU 

 year, and one of them you yourself commanded! A. Yea. 



Q. You put in your own time ! A. Yes. 



Q. What was the most money which you ever made in any o 

 out of your .catch of mackerel in the Gulf of St. Lawrence? 

 was the year. 



Q. What is the most money you ever made out of the catrh of a V 

 sel which you commanded in one year ? A. I could not 

 the Battler that year I got 1,510 barrels, but I could not tll 

 much I made out of it. If, however, I had the statement I 

 I could do so. 



Q. Going outside the profit you made on the sale of 

 you give the Commission an estimate of the avera# i 

 during those years when you were skipi>er, K"WK' for n 

 gulf to fish? You were a very successful iMierroan, 

 good vessels, and you had a series of lucky years ; am: 

 the average amount of money which you made 

 would like to have it.-A. I suppose that I may 

 $1,000 a year, all the year round, in my v 



Q. Do you mean over and above family exjH-n; 

 that, and during 20 years. 



Q. Would you put down your family -XI-M, 



Q. You came down to the bay to fish T-A. Wo went 



