AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2407 



Q. There was a large number of vessels coming from the coast of 

 Newfoundland with fresh bait? A. Last year they mostly got bait 

 there. 



Q. All the vessels got fresh bait there last year ? A. I would not say .* 



Q. How large was the fleet with which you were fishing on the 

 Banks? A. I could not tell you the number of the vessels ; it is im- 

 possible to tell that. 



Q. Do you remember the number of bankers that went from Glou- 

 cester ? A. I do not. 



Q. You then went in to Newfoundland for bait? A. Yes. 



Q. And last year was the first time ? A. Yes. 



Q. Where did you go ? A. To Fortune Bay. 



Q. In what season of the year ? A. In June, about first of June. 



Q. Did you ever try to get bait at ports nearer than Fortune Bay ; at 

 ports b*etween Cape Race and Conception Bay ? A. It was no use, for 

 you could not get it at any other place at that time of the year. 



Q. Did you try at any other ? A. No. 



Q. You went to Fortune Bay and got herring ? A. Yes. 



Q. There was a great number of American vessels in Fortune Bay last 

 spring, catching herring, I believe? A. There were not many; I don't 

 know that there was anybody but ourselves when we were there. 



Q. You had no difficulty in getting herring ? A. No. 



Q. How long did it take you to go in for bait, get herring at Fortune 

 Bay and return to the Banks ? A. You cannot do it in less than twelve 

 days. 



Q. How long did it take you on that occasion ? A. About twelve 

 days. I never did it in less than one week. 



Q. I am now speaking of the time you went to Fortune Bay, the first 

 time you went in, which was last year. How long did it take you to go 

 from the Banks to Fortune Bay, get bait, and return to the Banks ? 

 A. About twelve days. 



Q. Are you clear about it ? A. I am not exactly positive. I did not 

 keep a log. I never did it in less than one week, and I know I did not 

 do it in that time then. 



Q. Do I understand that the shortest time occupied in going from the 

 Banks to Fortune Bay and back to the Banks would be one week ? A. 

 Yes. 



Q. Were you in last year any other time except this once ? A. Yes ; 

 I was in other parts of Newfoundland. 



Q. What ? A. Cape Royal. 



Q. For squid ? A. Yes. 



Q. How long did it take you on that occasion to go in, get bait, and 

 return to the Banks ? A. Two weeks that time. 



Q. You were all that time at Cape Royal ? A. No ; I was not there 

 all the time. I was at a place called Torbay. We had to leave there 

 and go back to Cape Royal. 



Q. You went in Cape Royal first ? A. Yes. 



Q. How long did you remain there? A. I went in the morning and 

 left in the evening. 



Q. Then you went to Torbay ? A. To St. John's, to get money. 



Q. Did you enter the port of St. John's ? A. Yes. 



Q. Last year ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you pay light-dues there? A. Yes. 



Q. You went to Torbay ? A. Yes. 



Q. And round to Cape Royal ? A. Yes. 



