AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2457 



Q. You got 110 barrels. What proportion of those were taken within 

 three miles? A. About one-half. 



Q. Then only four years you have been in the bay ? A. Yes. 



Q. The rest you have been on the coast ; now, how does your fishing 

 on the coast compare in point of success with the fishing in the gulf? 

 A. It is better on our coast the last ten years. 



Q. I am talking of the time you have been there? A. Yes. 



Q. Is the fishing on the coast as expensive as in the gulf? A. I don't 

 think. 



Q. In the fishing on the coast that you made, did you make long or 

 short trips? A. Short trips.- 



Q. Do you recollect your last trip ? A. Yes ; we got between 900 and 

 1,000. 



Q. In what time? A. Five months, I should think. 



Q. Well, you have been fishing fifteen years. As between fishing in 

 the gulf and fishing in the bay, as a fishing industry, which is best! 

 A. I should rather fish on the coast, a great deal. 



Q. Do you know anything about Prince Edward Island boat-fishing? 

 A. I have seen a good deal of it this year; we met the boats off the 

 North Cape and East Point. 



Q. How far did they come off? A. A mile and a half to two and 

 three miles. 



By Mr. Doutre : 



Q. Since fishing on the American coast is so much better than in the 

 bay, why do you go in the bay? A. Well, it failed this year; we had 

 to go in the bay. 



Q. When it is better at home you remain there, and when it is, better 

 in the gulf you go there ? A. Yes. 



Q. That is quite sensible. You say it is not so expensive fishing on 

 the coast. Please explain why. A. Well, it does not cost so much. I 

 don't know exactly. It is a good deal more expensive coming down to 

 the bay than home. 



Q. Well, why? Is it because you have more hands, or that more 

 provisions are eaten that they have a better appetite in the bay than 

 on the coast? What is it? A. I don't know. 



Q. You don't fit on the American coast for three months because you 

 may be only a week out ? A. We fit for three or four weeks. 



Q. Very well, but you are not starting on such a long expedition as 

 when you go to the bay. That is the reason you don't fit out so com- 

 pletely. Is it so ? A. We mostly always have to fit out once or twice 

 in the bay; 



Q. Suppose you had to fit out for the same length of time on the 

 American coast that you have in the gulf, would it cost much less? A. 

 No, about the same thing. 



Q. When you were in the Atlantic in 1867 where did she fish ? A. 

 In the bend of the island, from East Point to North Cape. 



Q. How far from the shore have you been fishing? A. Fishing from 

 ten to fifteen miles off most of the time. 



Q. Did you go near shore? A. Eight off Malpeque we ran in. 



Q. When you were going in the harbors didn't you fish in the neigh- 

 borhood around the island? A. We fished inshore part of the time. 

 The great part of the time off shore, ten or fifteen miles, I should say. 



Q. Can you state now where you were longer fishing, whether it was 

 out ten miles, as you say, or near the shore 1 A. Most of the time off 

 shore. 



