AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2471 



Q. Fishing for mackerel? A. For cod and mackerel. 



Q. How far from the shore did you catch the mackerel there ? A. 

 We canghfc them inshore. We caught them for bait. 



Q. How far out? A. One mile. 



Q. When you were down at Cape Breton and Margaree, how far were 

 you off' from the island ? A. From 4 to 10 miles. 



Q. You told Mr. Foster from three to ten ? A. He did not ask me 

 anything about Cape Breton. He asked me the distance from Marga- 

 ree Island. 



Q. Then you were four miles from Cape Breton, and three miles from 

 Margaree? A. Yes. 



Q. Could you tell the distance exactly or accurately ? A. No, I could 

 not tell exactly. 



Q. You had no reason for giving any special attention to it ? A. No. 



Q. You may have been two miles pr four miles out ? A. I might have 

 been two miles and I might have been five. 



Q. I suppose special attention is not given to the exact distance you 

 are off shore. You don't pretend to measure ? A. No. 



Q. When you spoke of off shore and inshore generally, it may have 

 been two or four miles, you cannot tell? A. Yes. 



Q. You have been round Prince Edward Island ? A. Yes. 



Q. And fished in the same way there, from two to five miles out, off 

 and on ? A. Yes, from three to five miles and eight miles, according to 

 how the weather was. 



Q. If the fish had been plentiful would you have gone in ? A. I sup- 

 pose we would if fish had been plentiful. 



Q. At what distance out do the boats fish two or three miles ? A. 

 From one mile to three or four miles. 



Q. I suppose you would be often fishing in among the boats ? A. No, 

 we hardly ever went in among the boats. 



Q. You never fished much about Eustico ? A. No, we never fished 

 round at Eustico. 



Q. At what parts of the island did you fish ? A. Off East Point, 

 Georgetown, up at the Two Chapels, off New London, Malpeque, Cas- 

 cumpeque, Kildare, North Cape, and from there to West Cape. 



Q. All round the shores of the island ? A. Yes. 



Q. Where were you the year you got 60 barrels in the Atlantic ? A. 

 Mostly over at the Magdalen Islands. 



Q. Had you a license that year to fish ? A. No. 



Q. You did not try anywhere else ? A. We fished a little off Cape 

 George. 



Q. That trip appears to have been a great failure? A. Yes. 



No. 42. 



MONDAY, October 8, 1877. 

 The Conference met. 



, Examination of EGBERT H. HULBERT, c.illel on behalf of the Gov- 

 ernment of the United States, resumed. 



By Mr Foster : 



Question. When your examination ended on Friday, I was inquiring 

 of you as to the fishery on the coast of Maine in the neighborhood of 

 Mount Desert. Over how large a territory on the coast of Maine does 

 the mackerel fishery extend, and how long does it last there ? Answer. 

 Somewhere in the neighborhood of 90 miles, and perhaps more than that. 

 I could not say for certain, for I never remember distances or courses. 



