AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2405 



Q. Do you own your own vessels ? A. Yes ; part of them. 



Q. How do you account for the falling oft' in your catches ? What was 

 the matter? A. We lost so much time going in. 



Q. How many times did you go in for bait this year? A. Six times. 



Q. How much time did it take? A. We lost about three months this 

 summer. 



Q. How were you delayed so much ? A. The bait was scarce. 



Q. How long was the longest time ? A. About five weeks. 



Q. And the shortest? A. A week. 



Q. Were ypu ttyere these five weeks because you could not get bait, 

 or were you detained from other causes? A. We could not get bait. We 

 were going around looking for it. 



(}. Besides the expense of getting bait when you went into Newfound- 

 land ports, did you pay light-dues ? A. Yes; here are the bills. (Hands 

 in bills paid in 1877, viz: Light-dues, 823.52; harbor-dues, $2.00; water- 

 rates, $4.90 ; pilotage, $22.50. Total, $52.92.) 



By Mr. Whiteway : 



Q. Where do you reside ? A. At Gloucester. 



Q. How long have you resided there ? A. Eight years. 



Q. Previous to that you resided at St. John's, Newfoundland ? A. 

 Yes. 



Q. Six years yon have been on the Grand Banks fishing ? A. Yes. 



Q. What were you doing the other two years? A. Mackereliug in 

 the bay. 



Q. Up the gulf? A. Yes, and down at Prince Edward Island. 



Q. In what vessels ? A. William Carson and Harvey C. Mackey, 



Q. You were fishing on the coast of Prince Edward Island ! A. Yes, 

 and round by Sydney and Cape Breton. 



Q. Who was the master of the vessel ? A. John MacMullin. 



Q. Did you do pretty well there? A. We did decently well. We got 

 290 barrels. 



Q. The first year ? A. In one trip. 



Q. Did you make a second trip that year $ A. No. 



Q. The second year, what did you get? A. Two hundred and fifty 

 barrels, more or less. 



Q. You made only one trip ? A. Only one trip. 



Q. You caught mackerel along the coast of Prince Edward Island and 

 the coast of Cape Breton ? A. Yes ; not within the limits. We caught 

 none within three miles of the land. 



Q. What limits? A. We caught none within three miles of the land. 



Q. Did you see any other vessels fishing there? A. Yes, hundreds. 



Q. Were they on the north or south side of the island? A. On the 

 north side. 



Q. Off what harbors were they fishing ? A. We fished off Sidney and 

 got most there, and off East Point and Souris. We fished all round 

 there and at Georgetown Bank. 



Q. You would run in and out again as occasion required ? A. Yes. 



Q. As long as you found the mackerel, you would run in to land and 

 out again ? A. We never ran in to land for mackerel. 



Q. You went up and down the coast ? A. Yes. We never caught any 

 mackerel inshore. 



Q. What harbors did you enter for shelter! A* Charlottetbwn, George- 

 town, and Souris. 



Q. Did you remain long in harbor at any time ? A. Sometimes four 

 or five days. 



