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for her was due to a factitious rise in property because vessels were in 

 demand. 



Q. Just as a fall in the value of the property depreciated the value of 

 the Hattie M. Story ? A. The vessel was not so good of course. 



Q. Now I will ask you a question or two about the cost of a voyage. 

 I will take the example you give us, the year 1874, when you got 510 

 barrels. Now you say your net stock was $1,826, after paying expenses. 

 What expense do you deduct ? A. Packing, bait, and barrels ; you can 

 say bait and packing. 



Q. Now $900 went to the vessel, and the other $900 to the crew ? A. 

 Yes. 



Q. So the crew had $900 divided among them. How many men were 

 on board? A. Fourteen. 



Q. How long were they out ? A. From the 4th June to the 2()th No- 

 vember when we got home. 



Q. Were you in the Bay St. Lawrence till the 20th November ? A. 

 We were some time going home. 



Q. Will you say you were in the bay on the 1st November ! A. I 

 don't think we were in the bay on the 1st November. 1 think on the 

 25th October we started for home. 



Q. Of that $900 what do you say has to be paid ? A. Provisions. 



Q. What will that cost ? You know; it was your vessel I suppose. 

 A. Between $600 and $700. 



Q. That is for the two trips ? A. From the 4th of June to the 10th 

 of November, or about those dates. The provisions cost $600. 



Q. Are you quite sure ? A. That is as near as I can guess. 



Q. Have you no memorandum ! A. No. 



Q. No means of judging? A. No; because the last two years I was 

 in the firm l.did not take the trouble. I think the cost was $400 the 

 first trip and $200 the second. 



Q. Then you say you must have a new suit of sails every two years ? 

 A. Yes ; we have to have sails, rigging, and cooking utensils. 



Q. Then your result from that catch would not much more than pay 

 the vessel's expenses ? A. I lost between six and seven hundred dol- 

 lars. 



Q. Now, just give me the catches for the years Mr. Dana omitted to 

 ask you about. You gave us from '61 ; have you a memorandum in 

 your pocket f A. I have it in my head. 



Q. I asked you if you had it in your pocket you have it on paper ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. Will you give it to me f 



Witness produces memorandum, from which Mr. Davies reads: 



In 1862 you caught 590 barrels ; in 1863, 500 barrels ; in 1864, 500 ; 

 in 1865, 280 ; in 1866, 200 ; in 1867, 459 ; in 1868,150 ; 1869,221 ; in 1872, 

 253 ; in 1873, 410; in 1874, 498. 



Q. Now, captain, in the year when you took 579 barrels you lost $700 ? 

 A. That is 1872. 



Q. 1 thought it was 1874 ? A. Yes, 1874 ; yon are right ; the very last 

 year I went. 



Q. You lost your cables in 1872 ? A. Yes. 



Q. I am correct f A. Yes. 



Q. In 1874 you lost 8700. Ipresumethat you are a poor man. Idon't 

 want to ask impertinent questions, but I presume you must be a very 

 poor man. A. How poor do you think 1 



Q. I would not like to say, because if yon lost $700 with a catch_of 

 510 barrels, I don't know how much you lost when you caught only 150. 



