AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2461 



Q. To be salted ? A. We salted them ourselves. 



Q. What bail did you use ? A. The first summer we used clams and 

 afterwards pogies and raeubaden. 



Q. Salted f A. The clams were salted, but the pogies were kept in 

 ice. 



Q. Not sliver? A. We iced them ourselves. 



Q. What were you doing last year ? A. 1 was mackereling last sum- 

 mer. 



Q. In what vessel ? A. Lizzie Poore. 



Q. On the United States coast I Yes. 



Q. What were you doing last winter f A. I left to go in a vessel for 

 frozen herring last December. 



Q. What is the name of the vessel ? A. J. W. Koberts. 



Q. Where did she hail from ? A. Eockport, Me. 



Q. Who was her captain ? A. P. Conley. 



Q. When did she start from Kockport ? A. 26th December. 



Q. How long were you gone? A. We were at Beaver Harbor and 

 round Grand Man an about two weeks. 



Q. Were other vessels there ? A. Yes. 



Q. How many ? A. Electric Flash, Madawaska Maid, Mary Turner, 

 Episcatawa. 



Q. How many frozen herring did you get? A. 300,000. 



Q. Where did you obtain them ? A. Some were bought frozen and 

 some we bought green and took ashore, and some we froze on the deck 

 of the vessel. 



Q. What did you pay for them ? A. For most of them fifty cents a 

 hundred ; for about 25,000, forty five cents a hundred. 



Q. Did you catch any yourselves ? A. No, we had no means of catch- 

 ing any. 



Q. You purchased them for money ? A. Yes, for money. 



Q. This summer you have been in the Lizzie Poore ? A. Yes. 



Q. Have you any idea what your share is going to be ? A. No, I have 

 not the slightest. 



By Mr. Davies : 



Q. The fish you bought down at Grand Man an were frozen partly on 

 deck and partly on shore ? A. Yes, and some were bought frozen. 



Q. Those you bought in a green state you landed? A. Some of them. 



Q. And froze them there yourselves, and then transferred them to the 

 vessel ? A. Yes. 



No. 49. 



RICHARD HOPKINS, of Belfast, Me., fisherman, called on behalf of the 

 Government of the United States, sworn and examined. 



By Mr. Trescot : 



Question. How old are you ? Answer. Sixty-three years. 

 Q. Where do you live ? A. At Belfast. 

 Q. Were you born there ? A. No, at Vinehaven. 

 Q. How far is that from Belfast ? A. Thirty -five miles. 

 Q. How many years have you been fishing ? A. Forty years. 

 Q. What vessel are you now in ? A. Esperanza. 

 Q. When did she come here? A. On Wednesday, I think. 

 Q. Who is captain of the vessel ? A. Captain Smalley. 

 Q. She came from the gulf. How long have you been there ? A. 

 About five weeks. 



