

AWAED OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



By Mr. Davies : 



Q. You lived at St. Peter's ? A. Yes. 



Q. How long since you lived on the island ? A. Twelve years. 

 Q. That would be 1865 ? A. Yes. 

 Q. That was when you first went in the Moonlight ? A Yes 



A' D ,T e never been on the islaud 8ince you left there ? A Xo 

 Q. How old are you now ? A. About 33. 



Q. You left the island when you were about 21 ? A Yes 







A Thi^r P l ple en a g, ed much ia 8t, Peter's in the fisheries ?- 

 S * ^ ^ T ^ CEtCh &sh eUOU for 



any way 

 Q. That is just what I want to know. I never understood 



S??Si n | the fi8 T h r e ? i argely ? ~ A - Wel1 ' >ey SSh e Iwa 

 guess fc kn W that they catch auy more - T1 ^ at is a 



nofishiu ^ sta ^ s there ? ~A- No, they can't keep fishing- 

 Q. It is a very exposed place ?-A. To my recollection that is so. 



neVer W6r f the fishin S- sta g^ flsbiQg on the 



islaud ?_o. 



A. io DeVer W6re t0 Eustico ' :NTew Lond on, Cascampec, or Tignish! 



^ mg there '~ A ' J have seen the boats fish " 

 t , he asse ' rtion tha * those boats fishing off those 



" 



Q. As a general rule, you think that ? Yes, because it is a place with 

 shoal water, and they have to go quite a piece off. 



. Do you give that as your actual opinion or mere supposition * A 

 My opinion is that I have seen them ages outside of ten miles 

 vessels Where I have been fishing up and down in those 



A' wfifT ba T e r said y u n / ver fi sbed around Prince Edward Island ? 

 o vri Z Sa l bave made P as sages up and down the islaud. 

 y. vv Hat year was that you made passages ? A. Well, probablv I 

 have been_I don't know-=but I have been every vear I have been iu the 



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Eas Pont r m e n war up as for as 



* br Ught here from Eastico ' a d every 

 who has made an affidavit, has stated that 



arg, 



By Mr. Davies: 

 Q. Here is a deponent, Alexander McNeil, who says : 



harbors would number about one 



** arouud our 



limit total CatCh iD the boat8 ' ver n 'e-tentbs is caught well within the three-mile 



