2232 AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. And your business of late years has been that of deputy inspector 

 of mackerel ? A. Packer and inspector of mackerel. 



Q. Have you some of your books with you ? A. I have. 



Q. Turn to the account of the trip of the James Seward in 1857. I 

 will ask you, before you begin to read the trip, if you know Wm. McDon- 

 nell ? A. I know him well. 



Q. By what name did he go on board ? A. Bill Mack. 



Q. You have no doubt about the man ? A. Not in the least. 



Q. He was on board the James Seward ? A. Yes, my memory is per- 

 fectly clear about the man. 



Q. Eead the entry of the trip from your book. A. Schooner James 

 Seward, September 8, 1857, packed 242 barrels of mackerel. Wm. 

 Mack caught of that trip 21 barrels No. 1 mackerel, 85 pounds of No. 2, 

 and 10 pounds No. 3. These were packed barrels. 



Q. What is the difference, on an average, between sea barrels and 

 packed barrels ? A. We reckon ten per cent. 



Q. McDonnell's statement was that James Seward was a 300-barrel 

 vessel, and got two full fares. Did James Seward make a second 

 trip ? A. Yes, two trips that year. 



Q. What was the second trip f A. She packed out on November 20, 

 1857, two hundred and five and three-quarters packed barrels. 



Q. We will now take the Mohenia, of which Macdonnell was captain 

 in 1865 ? A. I have the statement. 



Q. Give it. A. The Mohenia packed, September 2, 1858, 162* packed 

 barrels. William Mack was captain. 



Q. Take the second trip of the Mohenia that year ? A. On December 

 4, 1858, she packed out 154J packed barrels. Win. Mack captain. 



Q. McDonnell's statement about the Mohenia was as follows : 



Q. What fares did you take ? A. I think about 150 barrels the first trip and perhaps 300 

 barrels the second trip. It was a 300-barrel vessel and we generally got fares. 



Mr. DAVIES asked how the statement of McDonnell fixed the year. 

 Mr. FOSTER said the testimony of McDonnell was as follows: 



Q. You afterwards became captain of the vessel ? A. Yes. 

 Q. What vessel ? A. The Mohenia. 



Q. What was the size of the vessel ? A. About 75 tons, I think. 

 Q. How many trips did you make ? A. Two. 



Q. What fares did you make T A. I think about 250 barrels the first trip, and about 300 

 barrels the second trip. It was a 300-barrel vessel and we generally got fares. 



The fair inference is it was the first year he was captain. That is what 

 I assume. 



WITNESS. Those two years are the only two Macdonnell was captain 

 of the Mohenia. I owned part of her and my partner the rest. 



Q. Take 1859, the same schooner. A. I have the statement. 



Q. Eead the result. A. November 25, 1859, Mohenia packed 193 

 packed barrels. 



Q. Did she make in 1859 more than one trip? A. Only one trip; 

 mackerel were very scarce that year. 



Q. Macdonnell's statement reads: 



Q. The next year, I believe, you went again in the Mohenia? A. Yes, we made two 

 trips. 



Q. With similar results to those of the previous year? A. About the same. 



WITNESS. The first year he was to my knowledge skipper of the Mo- 

 henia he went two trips to the bay with the result stated, and the next 

 year one trip in the bay. He was never afterward, or before, master of 

 the Mohenia. 



