2456 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



closer if I could. I was throwing a little bait! A. Well, probably 

 there might have been some fellows go in handier. 



Q. Some would go in nearer ? A. Yes; some of the captains went in. 



Q. Let us make a compromise and say three miles and a half. You 

 don't object to that, do you ? (No answer.) 



No. 46. 



CHARLES H. BRIER, of Belfast, Me., called on behalf of the Govern- 

 ment of the United States, sworn and examined. 

 By Mr. Trescot : 



Question. You are a Belfast man ? Answer. Yes. 



Q. When did you get here ! A. Night before last. 



Q. You came in the Eliza Poor ! A. Yes. 



Q. What brought her in ? A. The storm. 



Q. How old are you ! A. Twenty-five. 



Q. How long have you been fishing ? A. Fifteen years. 



Q. When did you start ? A. When I was ten years old. 



Q. What sort of fishing have you been doing ? A. Mackerel-fishing. 



Q. Where ? A. Four years in the bay and the rest on our coast. 



Q. What four years in the bay ? A. '67, '68, '70, and '77. 



Q. Well, the first year you went in what vessel ? A. The Atlantic. 



Q. Where from ? A. Belfast. 



Q. Where did you go to fish ? A. To the bay. 



Q. Whereabouts in the bay ! A. From East Point to North Cape. 



Q. Did you make one or two trips ? A. One. 



Q. How long was it ? A. Two or three months. 



Q. Well, don't you recollect more particularly! Do you mean two or 

 three ? A. About three. 



Q. What did you catch ? A. We caught mackerel. 



Q. What was the result of your fishing ? A. 200 barrels. 



Q. Now, what proportion of these did you take within three miles ? 

 A. Of the 200 barrels we took 100 within three miles. 



Q. Then in 1868, what vessel were you in ? A. The Eippling Wave. 



Q. Where were you that year ! A. From North Cape to East Point 

 and Escuminac. 



Q. How many trips ? A. One. 



Q. What tonnage was she! A. Over 100 tons. 



Q. How long did your trip last ? A. Three months. 



Q. What did you take? A. 250 barrels. 



Q. Now, with regard to those 250 barrels, what proportion of them 

 were taken within three miles ? A. They were taken off shore mostly. 



Q. Where were you in 1870 ? A. In the Eliza Poor. 



Q. Where were you that year ? A. We went around the island to 

 Escuminac, the West Shore. 



Q. Was that one or two trips ? A. One trip. 



Q. What did you take that year? A. About 200 barrels. We were 

 there about three months. 



Q. Now what proportion of that catch was taken within three miles? 

 A. About one half. 



Q. Then in 1877 what vessel were you in ? A. The Eliza Poor. 



Q. What did you do that year? A. We got 110 barrels. 



Q. That is the same voyage you are coming in now? A. Yes. 



Q. When did you go ? A. The 9th August. 



Q. When did you come out ? A. About a week ago ; we came out 

 last Sunday. 



