2352 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. For the last five or six years there has been no capital in it ? A. 

 Yes j for about the last 10 years. 



Q. The fishing has been given up ? A. Because they did not find it 

 profitable ; there is no profit in it. 



Q. How is it they have failed ? A. I cannot tell you more than there 

 is no profit in the business. 



Q. For twenty years they found a profit in it ? A. I don't know about 

 that. 



Q. Don't you know it ? A. They did not show it ; if they made money 

 they would be likely to show it in some way or other. 



Q. When there was a large number of fishermen or firms carrying on 

 the fishery business during those 20 years, and had capital invested in 

 it, do you know whether they made money out of it ? A. No ; I cannot 

 swear as to what other people made. 



Q. 4 For the last 10 years it has not been profitable ? A. 1 know the 

 business has all gone down. 



Q. Are the fish to be caught there now, and were they of late years ? 

 A. They fish on the same ground now as they did then. 



Q. Do you know that the fisheries have failed ? A. I don't know. I 

 don't suppose they have. 



Q. Do you know anything about it ? A. I know as much as anybody. 



Q. How do you know as much as anybody ? A. I am in the way of 

 knowing what vessels bring in at Gloucester, Booth Bay, and Mount 

 Desert. 



Q. For twenty years there was capital invested in the fishing busi- 

 ness? A. Yes. 



Q. For the last 10 years the capital has been withdrawn ! A. With- 

 drawn or lost. 



Q. Do you know why ? A. No. 



Q. Can you tell me, in regard to those 10 years, when the capital was 

 invested, anything about the statistics of the catches arfd vessels ? A. 

 No. 



Q. For the last ten years can you tell anything about the statistics of 

 the catches or vessels ? A. I don't keep books, and I cannot tell you 

 how much a man lost or gained. 



Q. Have you been engaged in the fishing business yourself ? A. I 

 have not been engaged in cod fishing, and not much inackereling. 



No. 33. 



WEDNESDAY, October 3, 1877. 



The Conference met. 



The cross-examination of EZRA TURNER, of Isle of Haut, Deer Isle, 

 State of Maine, called on behalf of the Government of the United States, 

 was resumed. 



By Mr. Weatherbe : 



Question. You are acquainted with a place called Lubec ? Answer. 

 I am. 



Q. I will give you the names of some places and ask you if you are 

 acquainted with them : Lubec, Perry, Pembroke, Eastport, Cutler, 

 Macbias, Campobello, West Isles, Point Lepreau. A. I am acquainted 

 with Point Lepreau, Cutler, Eastport, and Lubec. Macuias I was never 

 in but once. 



Q How often have you been in the other places f A. I cannot tell 

 you ; a great many. 



