2298 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. And what do you call the interest ? A. $75 for two and one-half 

 mouths. 



By Mr. Davies : 



Q. What percentage did you allow for depreciation ? You allow $100, 

 and that would be nearly 10 per cent. ? A. I did not allow any partic- 

 ular percentage. 



Q. It would be at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum ? A. Yes. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Q. What is the value of the vessel I A. $5,000. 



Q. At what rate did you compute the interest ? A. I estimated it. 

 I did not compute it at all. 



Q. And you call it $100? A. Yes; for the use of a vessel for ten 

 weeks' time. I estimated it at that sum from my experience. 



By Mr. Davies : 



Q. When fish were imported, while duties were imposed, they were 

 warehoused, were they not ? A. I cannot answer that question directly. 

 Yery few were imported at Gloucester. 



Q. Do you know the trade sufficiently to answer it f A. I do not 

 think that I do. 



Q. I desired to know whether when fish were imported at the time 

 the duty was on, you drew a distinction between those imported for con- 

 sumption and those imported for re-exportation. Also, whether you 

 fixed any value upon them at the time ? A. I cannot answer that ques- 

 tion intelligently. I never imported any mackerel. 



Q. What was the average cost per ton of a vessel afloat during the 

 Eeciprocity Treaty ? A. Sixty dollars. 



Q. Is that now or then "? A. That was during the Eeciprocity Treaty, 

 before the war prices came on. 



Q. What is it now f A. About $68 a ton, carpenter's measure. 



Q. What is the difference between carpenters measure and the pres- 

 ent mode of measuring 1 ? A. The latter is about two-thirds of carpen- 

 ter's. A vessel 100 tons by the latter system, would be 67 tons new 

 measurement. 



Q. Are you able to state what is the cost per ton for a whole mack- 

 erel-fishing voyage or season ? A. I cannot give you the exact cost of 

 running these vessels. 



Q. I mean for wages, provisions, fishing gear, &c.? A. The figures 

 contained in the summary for 3 vessels which I have here will give you 

 the cost, as the current running bills for each year are there. 



By Hon. Mr. Kellogg : 



Q. What is their tonnage ? A. I think that the tonnage is given 

 with the names. It is new measurement. 



By Mr. Davies : 



Q. I understand you to say that you were the author of this memorial ? 

 A. No, but I was a member of the committee. Dr. Loring was chair- 

 man, and he penned the document, while Baker and myself criticised it. 



Q. And did it meet with your full approval, or did you merely sign 

 it as a matter of form ? A. It met with my approval. I studied it be- 

 fore I signed it. I do not sign promiscuous documents. I think that 

 it met with my approval. I do not know exactly. I have not seen it 

 for some time. 



Q. What was the object of this memorial ? A. It amounted to so 

 little that I have lost all run of it. 



