AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2421 



Q. How much is that a ton ? A. 24 cents, on 96 tons. 



Q. Pass right 011 to the next. A. Well, the next is a harbor master's 

 bill for fees. 



Q. What is it for? A. I do not know unless it is for the trouble o v 

 anchoring in the harbor. It is a bill we have to pay in St. John's every 

 time we anchor, and go out and in ; it amounts to $2. 



Q. Pass right along to the next. A. The next bill is for anchoring and 

 clearing and so on. 



Q. How much is it ? A. I do not see any amount here. I do not 

 know what it is. I do not know but what it is included in the water rate. 

 It is a government concern. 



Q. It is not carried out ? A. No. 



Q. I do not see auy pilottfge charge; how does that happen! A. 

 Well, the trouble there is, when they speak us, and they are sure to do 

 that, because they lie right in the mouth of the harbor, and you cannot 

 go in by them without they speak you for they are right in the door- 

 yard you are obliged to pay full pilotage whether you take them or 

 not ; and so we took one, of course. 



Q. Is there a pilotage bill there ? A. No. 



Q. How does that happen ? A. We had a pilot, but he took us in 

 and ran us on Cod Kock, and so 1 did not pay him anything. I told him 

 if he would pay me the damage done my vessel I would pay pilotage 

 fees, and so as he did not pay for the damage done the vessel, 1 did not 

 pay pilotage hence I have not got auy bill. 



Q. Otherwise you would have paid pilotage fees ? A. Exactly so. 



Q. The whole bills of the trip amounted to $100? A. Yes; port 

 charges and all. 



Q. What do you think as to the difference between fresh and salt 

 bait ! A. Well, I think we would be just as well off if we had nothing 

 to do with fresh bait ; but in order to get a share of the fish now, I 

 think that we have got to have fresh bait. But if all used salt bait, we 

 could do just as well. We always used to get good trips with salt bait 

 and shack before fresh bait was introduced. 



Q. What was then used for salt bait ? A. Clams, and porgies, and 

 herring and squid sometimes. 



Q. Did you use to obtain squid on the Banks ? A. Yes. 



Q. Do you do so now ? A. They are scattered and not so plentiful 

 there as they used to be. 



Q. Is the squid a fish whose presence can be regularly depended on, 

 or is its presence uncertain and migratory f A. Well, there are places 

 where you are sure to get them on the Newfoundland coast. 



Q. What about squid on the American co ist ? A. I know they are 

 found there. 



Q. Whereabouts ? A. I have seen them around the coast of Maine. 



Q. Are they found south of Cape Cod f A. Yes. They come there 

 sometimes in May, and are caught in weirs, &c. 



Q. In great abundance ? A. I think not, but I do not know much 

 about this. 



Q. What proportion of the business of Gloucester is engaged in the 

 cod fishery and what proportion in the mackerel fishery, as far as you are 

 able to judge ? A. I should say that two-thirds are engaged in the Bank 

 fishery and one-third in the mackerel and herring fisheries. 



Q. What proportion does the herring bear, compared with the mack- 

 erel fishery f A. One half, I should think. 



Q. Do they catch or buy herring ? A. So far as my knowledge goes, 



