AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2417 



Q. Did you hear of any vessels having 300 or 400 barrels ! A. No; I 

 have not heard of vessels having 400 barrels. I heard of a vessel hav- 

 ing 290 barrels. She is a large vessel and had a crew of 17 men, and 

 had been in the bay all summer. 



Q. Do you know the schooner Lettie? A. I know the schooner Let- 

 tie belonging to Charlottetown. 



Q. Do you know Captain Macdonald ? A. No. 



Q. Do you know how many barrels the Lettie caught ? A. No. I do 

 not. 



Q. Did you see her fishing with you? A. I don't remember seeing 

 her this year. 



Q. Have you not heard fr<Myisbermeu that she caught 500 barrels? 

 A. I have not heard anythinlBtbout it. 



Q. Have you seen any Bri^h. vessels on the American coast fishing 

 this year ? A. Yes. 



Q. How many have you seen ? A. I did not see but one. 



Q. Do you remember her name ? A. No. I recollect seeing one. 



Q. Do you know the name of her captain ? A. No. 



By Mr. Dana: 



Q. This year, 1877, you think you have given a fair trial to inshore 

 fishing ? A. Yes; we had a good trial of it, I think. 



Q. You did your best with it? A. Yes; we tried inshore. 



Q. You caught from 118 to 120 barrels fishing inshore and outside f 

 A. Yes. 



Q. And how many packed barrels will they make ? A. They will 

 probably pack one hundred and seven or one hundred and eight. . 



Q. How much did the vessel fit for ? A. We only fitted for 200 bar- 

 rels this fall trip. 



Q. As a commercial and money matter, is that bad or good ? A. It 

 is a poor trip. 



Q. A losing one ? A. It is losing money. 



Q. Will it be a pretty considerable loss ? A, For the time we were 

 catching them, not much loss, but no money. 



Q. It will not pay? A. It will not pay. Fishing will not pay any- 

 where this year, I guess. 



Q. Were there any places where there was reported to be good inshore 

 fishing which you did not try ? A. The boats have done very well in- 

 bhore, anchored, but we could not fish among them. The boats have 

 done very well at Miminegash, Prince Edward Island, this year. They 

 have done as well as they have done for some time. The boats at Cas- 

 cumpeque have done very slimly this year, I have been told. The boats 

 fish inshore to an anchor. 



Q. Was there any place where vessels went inshore which was re- 

 ported to you to have good fishing that you did not try? A. I did not 

 see or hear of any. 



Q. Is there any place where vessels went where they have done well 

 inshore ? A. I have not heard of it. The principal part of the fish this 

 year has been caught inshore, as nigh as I can judge. 



Q. Do you know by direct ceport or otherwise of any vessels fishing 

 inshore or off shore that have done well this year? A. Some vessels 

 that went early got good, fair trips ; 5 or 6 vessels did that went in the 

 bay in July ; but those are the only ones I have heard of. Nothing was 

 done since we went in ; the vessels did not do anything in August. 



Q. You said, in answer to one of the counsel, that you did not like 

 the bend of the island. Why is this the case? A. I have not made a 

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