2338 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. Do you remember what you made in 1874 ? A. No. 



Q. In 1875 ? A. I can't exactly tell you what I made. 



Q. In 1876? A. I didn't keep any run of it like that. 



Q. You can't tell about 1876 ? A. No ; I didn't keep any run of it. 



Q. I suppose you can't say as to this year because it is not ended 

 yet f A. Probably if I figured it up I could tell you what I made. 



Q. Now, you say you have been four years into Newfoundland for 

 bait. During the last two years you have been master and during the 

 first two years you were a hand on board ? A. Yes. 



Q. That is all ? A. Yes ; that is all into St. John's. 



Q. Were you into any other port Long Harbor ? A. No ; I was in 

 Cape Breton. 



Q. You were in St. John's once, that is, on the Newfoundland coast, in 

 1876? A. Yes. 



Q. This year you have been in four times. Where have you been ? 

 A. I have been to Long Harbor, and I have been to Fortune Bay twice, 

 and I have been to Bay Bulls once, and St. John's once. Well, I have 

 been in several places up and down the shore looking for bait, but did 

 not get any. 



By Sir Alexander Gait : 



Q. Where did you usually fish on the Grand Banks ! A. Well, I 

 could not tell you the certain spot, because we fished all over it pretty 

 much. 



By Mr. Whiteway : 



Q. Can't you tell the latitude and longitude of the place you fished ? 

 A. We did not fish in any one certain spot. 



By Sir Alexander Gait : 



Q. Is it not a long way to go from the Bank to Fortune Bay ? Are 

 there not places along here (pointing to the coast from Cape Francis to 

 Cape Eace) where you can get bait ? A. We might not find any bait 

 there. We go all over looking for it. 



By Mr. Whiteway : 



Q. You go to Fortune Bay in the spring before you go to the Bank 

 at all ? A. No. 



Q. Do you mean to say you go into Fortune Bay from the Banks and 

 then go out again ? A. Yes. 



Q. Now, when you go into Fortune Bay is it on the Grand Banks you 

 are fishing or to the southward ? A. It is on the Grand Bank. 



Q. Are you on the Grand Banks or on St; Peter's and Green Banks 

 when you go to Fortune Bay for bait ? A. We are on the Grand Bank. 



Q. Always? A. Yes. 



Q. Now, you say you can't tell upon what part of the Grand Banks 

 you fished ? A. No ; you probably set trawls in the evening, and if 

 you find no fish you are under sail next morning. You are under sail 

 nearly every day. We were under sail nearly every day last trip. We 

 fish in 44 latitude one day, and next time we set trawls it will be in 44i, 

 next time in 45. 



Q. You fish at different places ? A. Yes. 



Q. Do you keep a log-book ? A. Yes. 



Q. On board ship ? A. Yes. 



Q. Have you that here now ? A. No. 



Q. Could you tell the date you left fishing at the Grand Banks to go 

 into Saint John's for bait this year ? A. I could not exactly say. 



