AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



you iu the years 1854, '7, *8, '9, I860 and 1801 ? A. No ; save one, John 

 Clancy. 



Q. What year was he with you ? A. I think it was along about 1855. 



Q. Can you give us the names of any such persons who were with you 

 later ? A. We did not have any Nova Scotians with us in 1859. I860, 

 and 1861. 



Q. Or persons from any of the Provinces ! A. Not that I recollect 



Q. Where did you catch your fish in 1853 f A. Between North Cape 

 and Kildare, and towards Orphan Bank, and in that direction. 



Q. Where did you get them in 1854 ? A. Along about the same 

 places. Sometimes we caught some at the Magdalen Islands ; that waa 

 generally our fishing ground. 



Q. Where were you in 1853 ? A. In 1851 we made two trips, and in 

 1852, '3, '4, '5, and '6, only one trip each year. 



Q. This was because you were fishing for halibut ? A. Yes during 

 the first part of the season. 



Q. How many did you catch in 1852 ? A. 230 barrels. 



Q. And in 1853 and '54 ? A. Well, I could not tell you the exact 

 number of barrels, because we generally carne in about the same time 

 in the year, but I guess that we caught somewhere about 240 barrels on 

 each trip. I took it from the books at home. 



Q. What did you catch in 1848 * A. 250 barrels on the first trip. 



Q. How many trips did you make that year ? A. Two; we got 260 

 on the second. 



Q. In 1850, how many did yon take on the first trip ? A. 300 ; I was 

 then in the Alexandria, and we fished up the gulf. 



Q. And how many the second trip ? A. 250. 



Q. How many did you get during your one trip iu 1853? A. 240 bar- 

 rels, I think. 



Q. And in 1854 ? A. It was somewhere in the neighborhood of 230 

 or 240; that was about the average: 1 could not give the exact figures. 



Q. Was your catch 250, or 260, or 270 in 1850 f A. Well, I think it 

 was 250 barrels. 



Q. Or was it 270 ? A. It was not so many as that. 



Q. Are you sure ? A. I am sure that it was not 270. 



Q. And in 1854 you say your carch was 240 or 250 f A. I do not 

 know exactly what it was. 



Q. How is it you are so exact about previous years, now 30 years ago f 

 -rA. I had it all made up, but I left it down at my house; I made up 

 the average, and I think that it was about 240. 



Q. And you made a memorandum of all your catches ? A. Yes. 



Q. You would then remember these catches as well as the others ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. How many did you catch in 1855 ? A. 245 barrels. 



Q. And in 1856 ? A. I could not give the exact number, though I 

 could tell it if I had my papers. 



Q. Can you give me a number anywhere near it? A. Yes; 240 bar- 

 rels. 



Q. What was it in 1857, *S, and '9? A. About 240 or 250 barrels. 



Q. What was your catch in 1858 ? A. About 245 barrels. 



< t >. And in 1859? A. Somewhere about 240 barrels. 



Q. Are you simply guessing the numbers T A. No. 



Q. Yon "told me you could recollect your catches for these as well as 

 for the other years ? A. In 1860 and 1861 we caught somewhere about 

 245 barrels; that is as near as I can come to it. 



Q. This was the case during both years 1860 and 1861 ?- -A. Yes. 



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