AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMIIMIOff. 



Q. For how many did you fit out f A. From 310 lo 315 cacb I 



Q. And you carried your fish home ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you catch them with' lines ? A. Yen. 



Q. What did you stock that year in the bay ! A. In 1-MJl, . torkl 



about $1,000 altogether. 



Q. You did not fish auy at Prince Edward Island ? A. Not at all to 

 that vessel. 



Q. Did that pay ? A. I do not think that it did ; tbr anmnal of 

 stock on the first trip was something like *7W or ^suo, and ball of that 

 went to the crew. 



Q. In 1802, -3, '-4, '.">, and 'G, you were still in the Hiram I'owrr*?-. 

 A. Yes. 



Q. You were nine seasons in her ! A. No, eight. 



Q. That was from 1859 to 180G inclusive f A. Ye*. 



Q. During all that time the Reciprocity Treaty was in forc\ and jcm 

 had the right to fish where you pleased; but did. you thru fUb at all 

 within the three-mile limit ? A. We fished during the wbolr of that 

 time in the vicinity of the Magdalen Islands; probably we migbt tee 

 the Cape Breton shore part of the time, and sometime* we would b*> lo 

 sight of Prince Edward Island. 



Q. But though you had free right to then fish where yon plMrd. too 

 did not fish within the three-mile limit! A. No; tor Hevrii rigbtb* of 

 the time we were in sight of and within eight or ten miles of tbe >laf 

 dalen Islands. 



Q. Why did you not fish close inshore at Prince Kdward Nland or 

 elsewhere ? A. We fished where we could find tin- tib. \V* di 

 fish inshore at the Magdalen Islands because w- did not find anj 6b 

 inshore, but we fished oft' on the outlying banks; this -was wberr vvfM 

 most of our fish. 



Q. You did not fish any at Prince Edward Island f -A. 

 that vessel.' 



Q. I suppose that you are not obliged to go and act 

 place to learn whether fish are to be caught then* .' You ha\w - 

 many means besides of finding this out f--A. Yes; 

 and going all the time, crossing from Prince Edward I 

 daleu Islands, and from the latter back ; and you may miv ' 

 flying one way and the other all the time. 



Q. Part of your business is to pick up new 

 A. Of course it is. 



Q. You can tell whether mackerel are to IN- .U 

 not? A. We can tell by the appearance oft Inn 

 vessels coming from East Point towards the Ma*, 

 culate that nothing is to be got over then-, ai 

 getting a few. 



Q. In 1807 you went in the A. M. Storey 



Q. In 1807 you were in the 11 at tie M. 



Q. How many seasons ? A. Kight soaso 



Q. From 1807 to 1874 inclusive ? 



Q. Were you in the bay every year of th* 

 In 1870 and 1871 I was on our own s 



-Q. In 1870 you were on the Amencan r. 

 take there r A. We got somewhere i 

 barrels say 800 packed barrels. 



Q. In 1871 what did you get f- 



Q. Which did you do best in, then- 

 two years on your own shore compare * 



