AWA.RD OP TIIE FISI1EHY COMMISSION. 2409 



Q. Is frozen herring shipped in bulk or in barrels? A. In bulk. 



Q. You never heard of any being shipped in barrels ? A. No. 



Q. Then if any one said that there were barrels used it would be 

 incorrect? A. Of course; it is not so in winter. 



Q. Not in Fortune Bay ? A. No. 



Q. You never heard of such a thing as a 'duty being charged on her- 

 ring-barrels used for putting frozen herring in ? A. No ; I never did. 



Q. We had a witn'ess here the other day who stated thatt>n empty bar- 

 rels used for putting herring in a duty was charged. A. They do pay a 

 duty on the barrels into which they put herring, but not frozen herring. 



Q. You never heard of frozen herrings being put in barrels ? A. I 

 have seen them put in barrels at Grand Manan, not at Newfoundland. 



Q. Did you get your bait at Newfoundland soon after you went down ? 

 A. No ; there was quite a delay this spring before we got bait. 



Q. You got it at Long Harbor ? A. Yes ; it was very scarce. It was 

 four or five days before we got bait. 



Q. Before you could get the people to catch the bait for you ? A. 

 Yes ; there was very little there to catch j it was very scarce. 



Q. Then you proceeded to the Banks ; did you catch a good trip with 

 that quantity of bait ? A. No. 



Q. How much bait jdid you take with you ? A. About 45 barrels. 



Q. How much did you pay for it ! A. $62. 



Q. Y T ou fish altogether with trawls, I suppose ? A. Yes. 



Q. A great number of vessels were fishing round you in the same way 

 with trawls ? A. Yes. 



Q. The large quantity of fresh bait scattered on the fishing-grounds, 

 I suppose, has a tendency to keep the fish well on the ground ? A- The 

 Bank fish never go off the grounds and never leave the Banks. There 

 is plenty of proof of that. The shore fish of Newfoundland would not 

 be liked in the States. 



Q. What is the difference between the shore and Bank fish ? A. In 

 the shore fish the nape is black, and that would not do for our market. 



Q. What is its color in the Bank fish ? A. White. 



Q. Are they otherwise exactly alike? A. No; they are not alike at 

 all. What you get inshore are small fish. 



Q. Have you ever fished at the western part of Newfoundland, round 

 Fortune Bay and that portion of the coast ? A. No. 



Q. Then you have not seen the large fish they take there ? A. Yes ; I 

 have. 



Q. Have you ever fished off Cape St. Mary's ? A. Yes. 



Q. Are -not the fish caught there large fish ? A. They are large, but 

 are not the same as the Bank fish. A cargo was caught there by one 

 of the American schooners six years ago, but it was never sold. It was 

 caught by one of Mr. Lowe's schooners. 



Q. There has lately been some of the American vessels fishing at 

 St. Mary's ? A. I have not seen any. 



Q. The fish caught off Cape St. Mary's are not like the Bank fish ? 

 A. No. 



Q. Are the fish caught at parts of the coast further west like Bank 

 fish ? A. I never fished further westward than Cape St. Mary's. 



Q. You say there is a difference in Bank and shore fish in other re- 

 spects than that one has a black nape and the other a white nape ? A. 

 There is a difference in every way. 



Q. In what other respect? A. The shore fish is not nearly so thick, 

 not nearly so fat, and has a black nape. 



Q. Anything else ? A. No. 



