2260 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



trict. The following is a statement of the aggregate of the whole number of vessels and 

 tonnage in the district : 



Vessels. Tonnage. 



445 schooners 30,152.15 



3 yachts 182.47 



12 sloops 818.78 



5 steamers 145.76 



48 boats 541.91 



513 31,841.07 



They are divided among the five sections of the district as follows : 



GLOUCESTER HARBOR. 



Vessels. Tonnage. 



401 schooners 27,651.51 



1 yacht 27.97 



2 sloops , 90.56 



5 steamers 145.76 



27 boats 321.87 



436 , 28,237.67 



If that statement is correct, the total number of vessels would not ap- 

 pear to have decreased from the time you began to be inspector ? A. 

 If I am allowed to explain, I remember one time I asked the clerk the 

 number of registered vessels, and I understood him to say 555 vessels. 

 My impression was that the fishing fleet had decreased, but I think 

 larger vessels were built, and so the tonnage was about the same. 



Q. You never examined the statistics for yourself, personally ? A. 

 Kb. 



Q. So, you can't say, except from hearsay. Being inspector of cus- 

 toms I thought you were called officially to speak with accuracy ? A. 

 No, I cannot. 



Q. You never examined them at all, and don't speak with any accu- 

 racy, and don't pretend to ? A. As to what part ? 



Q. The number of vessels, and whether they have increased or not ? 

 A. My general impression is 



Q. But I am asking you whether you speak with reference to actual 

 knowledge acquired from official documents ? A. No. 



Q. Now, in answer to my question as to vessels from Gloucester that 

 returned with bad fares, you picked out one, the Helen M. Crosby, which 

 got 30 barrels. She went home the 2d of August ? A. You have that 

 wrong. I was informed by the crew of the Helen M. Crosby that they 

 brought home 30 barrels, 7 of which were got in the bay, and the rest 

 around Mount Desert on the way home. 



Q. That is correct, that is what I have here, at least except as to the 

 place where they were caught ; I didn't know that, but August 2d she 

 went home, didn't she, from the bay 1 A. I don't know. 



Q. Do you know anything about other vessels ? Some have got as 

 many as 270 barrels, from that down. I will read you from the returns: 

 The Macleod got 170 barrels, the Flying Cloud 205, the Alice 235, the 

 Hyperion 240, the C. C. Davis 90, the J. J. Clarke 240, the Cayenne 300, 

 the Alice M. Lewis 200, the Marion Grimes 150, the Fredk. Gerring, jr., 

 330, the George B. Loring 250, the Fleetwood 90, the Falcon supposed 

 60, the Eastern Queen 120, the Amos Cutter 180, the Rambler 270, the 

 Harvest Home 235, the Martha C. 170, the E. A. Horton 235, the Gertie 

 Lewis 127, the John Wesley 190, the Idella Small 150, the Flash 85, the 

 Onward 117, the Miantiuomah 101, the David F. Low 220, the Nellie 



