AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2343 



Q. How long was it before you got on the fishing grounds ? A. About 

 two days. 



Q. You got the bait the first day you went in ? A. Yes. 



Q. Then you were only three days altogether in getting bait and pro- 

 ceeding to the Banks? A. Yes; I had come from home then. 



Q. How do you reconcile that with the statement you made that the 

 shortest time in which you got bait was nine days ? A. There is a dif- 

 ference. I was asked the time it took from leaving the Banks to get 

 back. I did not go there from the Banks. 



Q. Yon draw a distinction between leaving home and going to New- 

 foundland to get bait and going from the Banks there for bait? A. I 

 was asked what time was taken between leaving the Banks to get bait 

 and getting back again. I don't know but that I was three weeks from 

 the time I left home till I got there. 



Q. In 1875 you were a hand. Do you recollect what time you left the 

 Banks to go into the coast for bait? A. No; I do not. 



Q. Do you remember how often you went in ? A. Once, I think. 



Q. Do you recollect to what place you went? A. To Fortune Bay. 



Q. That was the only part of the coast to which you went for bait in 

 1875, and you went there but once T A. That is all. 



Q. In 1874, how often were you on the coast of Newfoundland for 

 bait ? A. Once, I think. 



Q. Those were the two years you were a hand ? A. Yes. 



Q. How was it you said you were 1.0 or 12 times into that coast for 

 bait before you were master, and six times since you were master ? A. 

 I did not mean in Newfoundland getting bait. I was asked how often 

 I took fresh bait. 



Q. It is, then, not correct as you have stated, that you were into New- 

 foundland for bait ten or twelve times before you were master. Did you 

 state that or not? A. I don't think I did that I went into Newfound- 

 land that number of times for bait. 



Q. As a matter of fact, you were there once in 1874, once in 1875, once 

 in 1876, and once this year. Is that correct ? A. I have been twice 

 this yir ; once in 1876. 



Q. Then you were there once in 1874, once in 1875, once in 1876, and 

 twice this year ? A. Yes. 



Q. That makes five times you went on the coast of Newfoundland for 

 bait? A. Five times altogether. I have been four times this year, 

 twice for squid and twice for herring. 



Q. You were there once in 1874, once in 1875, once in 1876, and four 

 times in 1877. Is that a fact ? A. That is the fact. 



Q. Any other statement you may have made in regard to the times 

 you have been in for bait is incorrect ? A. I was asked how often I 

 had been in for fresh bait. 



Q. You were asked how often you had been into Newfoundland for 

 fresh bait ? A. I did not understand that it was only Newfoundland. 



Q. You were there once in 1874, once in 1875, once in 1876, and four 

 times in 1877. That is a correct statement ? A. Yes ; that is a correct 

 statement. 



Q. Any other statement you made as to the number of times you 

 went into Newfoundland for bait is incorrect? A. Yes. 



