AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2399 



Q. Would you consider it fair, then ! A. Yes, I would. 



Q. You never tried it, and never saw it done, but you. would consider 

 it perfectly fair? A. Yes; perfectly fair. 



Q. You have lee-bowed vessels, and would do it again ? A. I have 

 done that. 



Q. That has been in the case of vessels out in deep water, where you 

 don't succeed ? A. O, we do succeed sometimes. 



Q. In five trips out of seven you have been, unsuccessful. But in the 

 instances we have had of lee bowing boats, and going wherever they 

 could get them, they have been successful, and made money! A. Well, 

 I haven't done that. 



Q. Well, I only want to suggest that it may be done, and money made 

 out of it. You say you never tried it, and never saw it done ? A. I 

 Tifver lee-bowed boats, and never knew how it could be done. That is 

 all the trouble there. 



Q. There are no fishing stages at Tracadie? A. Yes. 



Q. When were they put up there? A. There are two stages with 

 buildings on them, and two besides with no buildings. 



Q. Wuen were they put there? A. Three of them were there last 

 year, and one was put since. 



Q. But not before that ? A. I don't know. 



Q. It is rather a new place? A. No; I don't think it is. I do not 

 know. I could not tell you. 



Q. Are they men who carry on fishing to a large extent themselves? 

 A. No ; not very large. 



Q. Well, there has never been any large dealer or fish-merchant that 

 had stages there like they have at other places? A. McDonald, of 

 Georgetown, is interested in that one. I do not know how large it is. 

 He has three boats. 



Q. How many fishing stages are there at Eustico f A. I could not 

 tell. I never was in. 



Q. You never made inquiries? A. I have made some inquiries about 

 Mr. Hall's boats. I know how many boats I have heard he has. He has 

 a stage. I don't know how large it is. 



Q. Then, at Tracadie, these boats from the island have done well ? 

 A. They think they have. 



Q. You think so, too? A. Well, they think so. 



Q. Well, the only reason you think you haven't is that you are under 

 expenses ? A. I am under great expenses. 



- Q. What is the expense? A. About $600 a month, I should judge. 



Q. You didn't buy any fish ? A. No. 



Q. Last year you bought very few ? A. I didn't buy any. 



Q. You went there to buy why didn't you ? A. We could not buy 

 to save much, to make anything. 



Q. But you went there to buy ? A. I was hired. I had charge of the 

 vessel, and my employers managed the buying. 



Q. What did you do during the season? A. Fished a little in boats. 



Q. How long were you there ? A. From the 5th of July to the 6th of 

 August, one month and one day. 



Q. You weren't in there very long? A. No. 



Q. Did the boats do very well there ? A. Not in that month. 



Q. They did after that, I am told ? A. Well, I am told they didn't do 

 anything extra after that. 



Q. In the fall they did well ; they told us so themselves. A. Well, I 

 could not say for certain. 



Q. Well, now, you must take a very gloomy view of affairs, because 



