2342 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. Have you ever jigged bait there either when captain or hand? A ; 

 I never jigged any bait in St. John's. 



Q. Did any of your crew ? A. No ; nor any of my crew. 



Q. Have any of your crew jigged squid in any other port than St. 

 John's ? A. No ; not that I know of. While they were with me I never 

 saw them jig for squid. 



Q. You always employed others to get bait ? A. They come along- 

 side, and we buy bait from them. 



Q. You employ them to catch bait for you ? A. They come alongside 

 and they catch it. 



Q. Do they come alongside with squid to sell, or do they come and 

 ask what quantity of bait you want, and you tell them and they go and 

 catch it ? A. They come alongside with bait. They never come near 

 except with bait. 



Q. They never come to ask whether you want bait or not ? A. No. 



Q. How often has that occurred that they have come alongside with 

 bait ? A. That is with squid. 



Q. How often has it occurred that they have come alongside with 

 squid ? A. All the times I have ever been there for bait, they have come 

 alongside, and have had the bait squid in their boats. 



Q. You got salt bait that year ? A. Salt squid. 



Q. Last year you got fresh squid ? A. Fresh bait. 



Q. And you were five days in St. John's before you got it f A. Yes j 

 waiting till they caught it. 



Q. Do you mean to say that they did not come on board to know what 

 quantity of bait you wanted ? A. They came on board the first morn-^ 

 ing I was there and had bait in their boats. 



Q. And then you told them what quantity of fish you wanted, and 

 they went and caught it ? A. They had bait to sell and 1 bought what 

 they had. 



Q. Then you told them what quantity you wanted, and they went and 

 caught it ? A. Yes. At last they had more than I wanted. 



Q. Bait was very abundant f A. I did not want all the bait they had 

 caught, the last morning I was there. . 



Q. That is the only time you got fresh squid from the people there ! 

 A. Yes ; the last time last year. 



Q. You got it the year before ? A. No. 



Q. That was the only time you got fresh squid ? A. I got no fresh 

 squid that trip, but on the first trip. 



Q. I thought you were in for bait only once that year! A. I told you 

 I was in St. John's four times this year. 



Q. You told me you were in Fortune Bay. A. Twice in Fortune Bay 

 and twice on the coast. 



Q. You have been more than once in St. John's this year ? A. O nee 

 in what I call St. John's. 



Q. Have you been at any other time on the coast besides at Fortune 

 Bay? A. Yes. 



Q. Where did you go ? A. In Bay of Bulls. 



Q. When were you in Bay of Bulls! A. I went i there the last day 

 of July. 



Q. When did you leave the Banks to go there ! A. I was right from 

 home. 



Q. You went from home to the Bay of Bulls ! A. Yes. 



Q. And got bait there, in how long a time ? A. They caught it the 

 same day we went in there. 



Q. And you proceeded at once to the Banks ! A. Yes. 



