2320 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. When ? A. I think about 1855, but I will not say for a certainty. 



Q. Can you give us any other name ! A. I do not recollect any other. 



Q. Whether of men from Halifax County, or any other fishing settle- 

 ment on this coast, or of Prince Edward Island ? A. No. 



Q. The fishing town of Gloucester is made up mostly of Nova Sco- 

 tians? A. A good many of these people are there, and some vessels 

 carry more of them in their crews than other vessels do. Some carry 

 hardly any of them. 



Q. The town is made up of .Nova Scotians? A. A great many of 

 them are there. 



Q. A great part of its population is Nova Scotians ! A. A good 

 many Nova Scotians live there. 



Q. Is the majority of the population Nova Scotians ? A. No. 



Q. But is this not the case with the fishermen ? A. I refer to fisher- 

 men. 



Q. Are they not Nova Scotians, or the children of Nova Scotians, or 

 of British subjects? A. Well, I could not tell the exact number of 

 them. 



Q. The majority of them were formerly British subjects, or de- 

 scendants of persons who were formerly British subjects ? A. I should 

 not think that this is the case with the majority j not more than one- 

 third of them are British subjects. 



Q. Were not the majority of the crews that went on Gloucester ves- 

 sels to the bay, British subjects, or were they not originally so ? A. A 

 good many were, but I do not know how many perhaps one-third. I 

 do not know that the proportion is greater than that. 



Q. In Gloucester vessels that come into the bay ? A. Yes. 



Q. It strikes me that the majority of Gloucester fishermen are of 

 British extraction ? A. This may be the case ; but I cannot speak for 

 a certainty. 



Q. You do not know whether this is the case or not ! A. I could not 

 say. It is some time since I was fishing. 



Q. In your experience they were not British subjects ? A. I do not 

 think so. 



Q. You told me that very few British subjects were in your vessels ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. Very few, indeed ? A. Yes. 



Q. In all the vessels you were in ? A. I was in one vessel most of the 

 time. 



Q. Were there any in the Mount Vernon and Clara S. Storey ? A. 

 No. 



Q. Or in the Prince of Wales ? A. I think we had 4 in her. 



Q. Can you give me any names ? A. One ol them was named Charles 

 Martin ; another Barney Pine, and a third, Warren Guthrie. I do not 

 know that there were more. 



Q. Where do they reside? A. Charles Martin lived at Ketch Harbor; 

 he was born there, but now he is a citizen of Gloucester, and master of 

 a vessel. 



Q. Was he a citizen of Gloucester when he was fishing with you? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. Where did the others live ? A. They were citizens of Gloucester, 

 and they lived there at the time. 



Q. These others were not in the Bloomer ? A. No. 



Q. You cannot recollect any other names ? A. No. 



Q. Can } ou name any British subjects resident here who were with 



