AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2469 



Q. They were better about 1860? A. Yes ; somewhere about then. 

 Q. And from that down to 1865 or 1870? A. Yes; anl since that 

 time not as good. 

 Q. Those are the years they were better ? A. Yes. 



By Mr. Trescot : 



Q. Suppose a fleet of 200 or 250 vessels were fish ing off shore, what 

 space would be covered ? A. Sometimes when they are snugly together, 

 they don't cover a very large body of water ; and you can scatter them 

 over a large surface. It depends on how snugly they are together. 



By Hon. Mr. Kellogg : 



Q. The first year you went into the bay cod-fishing, had you heard of 

 mackerel-fishing there ? A. No. There was hardly a vessel from the 

 States in the bay then. 



Q. Had you heard of mackerel fishing there; had it begun then? A. 

 No ; there was not much caught at that time. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Q. What year were you first in the bay for mackerel ? A. In 1835. 

 In 1827 there was nothing doing in mackerel-fishing. 



No. 50. 



GEORGE O. CLARK, of Belfast, Me., fisherman, called on behalf of 

 the Government of the United States, sworn and examined. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Question. You are one of the sharesmen of the.Lizzie Poore ? Answer. 

 Yes. 



Q. How many years before that had you been in the gulf fishing ? 

 A. Seven or eight years. 



Q. What was the last year before this summer you were there ? A. 

 1870. 



Q. In what schooner ? A. Banner, of Belfast, Captain McFarlane. 



Q. How many barrels of mackerel did you catch? A. About 160 or 

 165. 



Q. And where were they taken ? A. Mostly round North Cape and 

 the Bend of Prince Edward Island. 



Q. What portion, if any, was taken within three miles of the shore ? 

 A. 15 or 20 barrels. 



Q. Where were those taken ? A. They were not taken a great way 

 inside of three miles ; about three miles off Kildare, this side of North 

 Cape. 



Q. Were you in the bay in 1869 ? A. No. 



Q. In 1868? A. Yes. 



Q. In what schooner? A. Charles E. Moody, Frankford, Capt. Thos. 

 Clark. 



Q. How many barrels did she take ? A. About 200 barrels. 



Q. Where were they taken ? A. Off Bonaventure, broad off. 



Q. Were any of them taken within three miles of the shore ? A. No. 



Q. Were you in the bay in 1867 ? A. Yes. 



Q. In what schooner ? A. Mary Lowe, of Gloucester, Captain Adams. 



Q. How many barrels did you take ? A. About 250,-I think. 



Q. Where were those taken ? A. At Magdalen Islands, Bast Point, 

 Margaree, and Cape North. 



Q. If you took any of them inshore, state where you took them and 



