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where on the Nova Scotia coast ? A. I dou't know exactly where. I 

 suppose they get it somewhere round the shores on their own coast, or 

 some other place. 



Q. And you say that the greater number, in fact nearly all American . 

 vessels, went into tbe Newfoundland coast this year for bait? A. Yes. 

 By Mr. Trescot : 



Q. Yon say you are on your way home from the Banks ? A. Yes. 



Q. When did you get into Halifax ! A. Last night. 



Q. What brought you here ; did you come for a harbor ? A. Yes. 



Q. Have you been in the habit of going to Grand Manan for her- 

 ring? A. I never was there. 



By Mr. Whiteway : 



Q. Do not a great number of American vessels anchor in Freshwater 

 Bay instead of going into the Port of St. John's ? A. I don't know. I 

 saw a couple anchored there this summer. I anchored in the Narrows 

 myself, and was charged for anchoring. 



By Mr. Trescot: 

 Q. What were you charged ? A. Six dollars. I was fined. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Q. What were you fined for? A. I was fined for anchoring in the 

 Narrows. There was no wind, and we could not get in. 



By Mr. Whiteway : 



Q. Were you not obstructing navigation, and was it not the harbor- 

 master's boat which went out to you ? A. Yes. 



Q. You were liable to be fined for obstructing navigation ! A. There 

 were three vessels lying there. There was plenty of room for any other 

 vessels to go in. 



Q. And you were ordered out ? A. We went out. 



By Hon. Mr. Kellogg: 



Q. You spoke about going into Georgetown and Charlottetown Har- 

 bors? A. Yes. 



Q. They are at the southern side of Prince Edward Island ? A. Yes. 



Q. Have you ever been in the harbors on the north side? A. No; I 

 have been in no harbors except on the south side, 



Q. Are those quiet harbors ? A. Yes. 



By Mr. Whiteway : 



Q. Were you in Fortune Bay in January when you we.it for frozen 

 herring? A. I think on the 2d of January. 



No. 40. 



WILLIAM A. DICKEY, of Belfast, Maine, fisherman, called on behalf of 

 the Government of the United States, examined. 



By Mr. Dana : 



Question. When did you begin to go fishing ? Answer. I commenced 

 in 1858 ; 1 went as a hand, as sharesuaan. 



Q. At that time were there many vessels from Belfast engaged in the 

 fishing business ? A. Ten or twelve sail. 



Q. Fishing for cod and mackerel ? A. Yes. 



Q. What has become of the mackerel trade and fishermen of Belfast? 



