2406 AWARD OF THE FISHEBY COMMISSION. 



Q. They are pretty good harbors ! A. Yes, good harbors. George- 

 town and Charlottetown are good harbors. 

 Q. Is there any difficulty in entering them in case of a gale of wind? 



A. No. 



* Q! Then for four years you became master, of what vessel? A. 



Henry A. .Johnson. 



Q. Was that the first year you went to the Banks ? A. les. 



Q. Who was the owner of the vessel ? A. W. Parsons. 



Q. You took your bait from where ! A. From home. 



Q. From Gloucester! A. Yes. . 



Q. What bait was it? A. Salt pogies. 



Q. How many voyages did you make that year? A. Three. 



Q. All for salted 'rish ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you use no fresh bait at all ? A. We caught squid on the 

 ] tanks. There were plenty of squid on the Banks that year. 



Q. Did you use any other fresh bait besides that squid ? A. We al- 

 ways used small halibut for bait. 



Q. You made three voyages ; did you keep a memorandum of the 

 catch ? A. I never did. 



Q. Are you quite sure of the sum total of your catch that year? A. 

 Yes. 



Q. That you took 3,700 quintals in three voyages ? A. Yes. 



Q. What was the size of the vessel ? A. 59 tons. 



Q. The second year were you in the same vessel ? A. No ; in the 

 Carrie S. Dagle. 



Q. How many voyages did you make? A. Two. 



Q. Did you use any salt bait ? A. We used all salt bait. 



Q. DM you catch no fresh bait on the Banks ? A. We caught a 

 trifling amount of squid. 



Q. And the third year you were in the same vessel ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you make any memorandum of the voyages those two years? 

 A. No; 1 did not. 



Q. Are jou clear that the second year you got 3,500 quintals, and the 

 third year 3,000 quintals ? A. Yes. I got somewhere near 3,000 quin- 

 tals the third trip. 



Q. How many trips ? A. Two. 



Q. And the fourth year what quantity did you catch ? A. Some- 

 where about 2,000 quintals. 



Q. How many trips did you make that year ? A. Two. 



Q. You used salt bait during those four years? A. Yes. 



Q. Your catch decreased during the four years you were using salt 

 bait from 3,700 quintals to 2,000 t A. Yes. 



Q. And what was the first year you went to the Banks using fresh 

 bait? A. 1876. 



Q. Did you take any salt baifwith you? A. Yes; a year ago this 

 spring I took ten b irrels of salt bait, I think. 



Q. Did you make up your first trip with salt bait ? A. No. 



Q. How many trips did you make last year! A. Two. 



Q. Did you get any squid on the first trip on the Banks ? A. No. 



Q. Did you get any small halibut or other bait ? A. We had small 

 halibut ; we always get them. 



Q. Having small halibut last year on the first trip, how was it that you 

 did not complete the trip there ? A. There was so much fresh bait com- 

 ing on the Banks that the fish would not take salt bait. 



Q. There was so large a quantity of fresh bait coming on the Banks, 

 you found salt bait no good ? A. No good. 



