AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2237 



Q, What is the difference in price between No. 1 mess bay, and No. 1 

 mess shore mackerel ? A. This year it has been 



Q. I don't ask you this year because No. 1 has not come in from the 

 bay yet. What has been the difference for the last four, five, or six 

 years f A. There has to be some judgment exercised because the price 

 varies at different times according to the market. 



Q. Is there really any difference in the price of bay and shore mack- 

 erel of the same brands, so that if mackerel went up a dollar or down a 

 dollar the same difference would continue? A. We don't know the 

 nature or kind of mackerel caught in the bay or off our shore until some 

 are brought in. Mackerel vary in kind and quality in the bay and on 

 our shore every year, and we, the inspectors, have to have some from 

 the bay and shore in order to judge what mackerel are going to be dur- 

 ing the season. 



Q. A fisherman stated yesterday that there was a difference of $7 per 

 barrel between mackerel caught in the bay St. Lawrence and your shore. 

 Is that true ? A. That is true to-day. 



Q. I ask you what is the difference between No. 1 bay and No. 1 

 caught on your coast? A. Eight dollars, to day. 



Q. Have you had any No. 1 mackerel from the bay up to the present 

 time this year? A. Yes; I have packed them. 



Q. How many ? A. I packed 25 barrels of one trip. 



Q. Do you wish the Commission to understand that your opinion, as 

 inspector of mackerel at Gloucester, is that there is a difference of $8 

 per barrel between No. 1 mess-mackerel from the bay and No. 1 mess 

 caught on your shores? A. I wish to give the Commission to under- 

 stand distinctly that there is, to my personal knowledge, from mackerel 

 sold under my observation within three weeks, $8 difference between 

 No. 1 bay mackerel and No. 1 shore mackerel. 



Q. Is there, to your knowledge, any recognized distinction in the price 

 paid for No. 1 mess-mackerel caught in the bay and No. 1 mess caught 

 on your coast? A. There is. 



Q. How much ? A. Eight dollars, to-day. 



Q. You consider that to be a fair answer ? A. I certainly do. 



By Sir Alexander Gait: 



Q. Are we to consider that there is usually a difference of $8 ! A. I 

 didn't say that. 



Q. Could you not tell us what the difference is ? A. I did not under- 

 stand it that way. 



By Mr. Davies : 



Q. Is there any difference usually f A. Yes. 



Q. How much? A. We have to judge, as mackerel vary in price 

 from day to day. I should judge, from my knowledge of the last four 

 or five years, there is $5 difference. 



Q. Did that difference exist in 1865 ? A. I think not so much as that. 



Q. How much was it in 1865 T I see that No. 1 mess, in the Rat- 

 tler, brought $20 that year? A. Yes. 



Q. Can you tell what No. 1 mess-mackerel from your coast brought 

 that yearH Is there one barrel No. 1 entered in your book as caught on 

 your shores that year ? A. One hundred and twenty-nine barrels No. 

 1, $21 per barrel. I think that would be a fair price that year, for it 

 was a good year in the bay. 



Q. Can you give us any entries to show what the difference was in 

 any other year ? A. Not before 1865. 



Q. Tell me the difference in 1866 and 1867, and give me the names of 



