AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2371 



Q. Did you stop there when you were going home ? A. Yes ; to take 

 the 50 barrels on board. 



Q. In whose charge were they left ? A. In Mr. Hartley's. 



Q. Did you inform him what your catch was ? A. I do not recollect; 

 but most likely I did. He most always seemed to ask what it was. 



Q. And if you did so inform him, of course you told him the truth ? 

 A. Yes. I would tell him what we had. 



Q. You never fished in the Bay of Chaleurs ? A. No ; save once, 

 when we tried and failed. 



Q. Did you try near the shore there ? A. We tried all over the bay. 



Q. Did you try there near the shore within the three-mile limit ? A. 

 Yes ; 1 think we did. 



Q. When was this ? A. It was a number of years ago. 



Q. During the Reciprocity Treaty T A. Yes, I think so. 



Q. Was a portion of the fleet accustomed to resort to the Bay of Chal- 

 eurs to fish ? A. Only a very few vessels were in it when we were 

 there. 



Q. Were the fleet accustomed to repair there for the purpose of fish- 

 ing? A. I could not tell, I am sure. 



Q. Did you never hear that this was their custom ? A. I have heard 

 that some vessels went there. 



Q. That a portion of the fleet did so ? A. Some vessels yes. 



Q. Did you hear that a portion of the fleet was accustomed to fish 

 there t A. 1 do not know that I ever heard of more than 10 or 12 sail 

 of our vessels being there at one time. 



Q. And if they were there, you do not know whether this was the 

 case or not ? A. Of course ; I only know what I have heard. 



Q. Did you never fish around Bonaveuture ? A. Yes, off and on. 



Q. But anywhere along the shore ? A. No. 



Q. Have you fished about Seven Islands? A. Yes, once; but I did 

 not catch anything. 



Q. You never fished there again ? A. Yes. 



Q. Do you know whether any portion of the fleet was accustomed to 

 fish there at times ? A. There were not a great many vessels there 

 then ; perhaps there were 8 or 10. 



Q. But during the year ! A. I do not think so. 



Q. You know that some vessels go there? A. Well, some few do. 



Q. Did you ever fish around the shores of Prince Edward Island ? 

 A. Yes, but very little. I have tried there off and on, at different times, 

 and over across to East Point, Magdalen Islands, and then come right 

 back to Malpeque. 



Q. Have you fished around East Point? A. 1 have tried there. 



Q. Close in shore ? A. I do not think that I was ever within the 

 three-mile limit, 



Q. Are you positive about this ? A. No. 



Q. You may have fished there within the three-mile limit ? A. Yes ; 

 but I could not say. 



Q. You were ou^the Alferetta in 1863 ? A. Yes. 



Q. And you caught about 330 barrels each trip ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you catch any portion of the first trip in 1803 within three 

 miles of Prince Edward Island ? A. We never caught a fish in sight of 

 Prince Edward Island. 



Q. That year ? A. No ; we came out of Souris and went straight to 

 the Magdalen Islands ; and we never left there until we started for 

 home, in the latter part of August, I think. 



