2486 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. r And that is your opinion uuder oath ! A. I am on my oath. It is 

 my oath which I am looking after. 



Q. And these fisheries are really good for nothing ? A. They are 

 really good for nothing. 



Q.* How often have you fished along the shore on the north side of 

 Prince Edward Island^ to justify you in giving that opinion ? A. The 

 next year after I was in the ^Responsible 1 was fishing in the bay ; this 

 was in 1854. 



Q. How often did you fish there ? A. I may say that since I have 

 been in Pictou that is since 1857, with the exception of some times 

 when I have gone piloting, and more times when I went navigating to 

 the West Indies, and when I was in one of your steamboats piloting to 

 Boston, I have been engaged in fishing in the spring, summer, and fall, 

 almost every year except four or five years. 



Q. Have you been fishing for mackerel ? A. Yes; and for cod and 

 hake. 



Q. Within 3 miles of Prince Edward Island ! A. Yes ; and outside 

 of 3 miles. 



Q. I am speaking of inside of 3 miles from the shore ? A. Inside of 

 that distance I tell you plainly that mackerel cannot be caught to any 

 amount. 



Q. If you have no experience as to fishing within the 3-mile limit, how 

 can you say that tbis fishery is worth nothing ? A. I say that from my 

 experience there are no fish to be got within 3 miles of the shore, but 

 they can be got outside of that. 



Q. What experience have you of the fishing within 3 miles of the 

 northern side of Prince Edward Island ? A. I think I have spoken 

 plainly enough. I tell you that you can catch no fish inshore ; they are 

 all caught outside. 



Q. How often have you fished where I have mentioned ? A. All of 

 twenty times at different times. 



Q. How long were you there on each of these occasions ? A. I sup- 

 pose sometimes two months, and sometimes three months, and so on. 



Q. Were you in fishing vessels ? A. I told you that I was never a 

 hired fisherman on a fishing vessel. I was in fishing boats from 20 to 

 22 and 25 feet keel. 



Q. Where did they belong to? A. Two of them I built myself. 



Q. When you were living at Pictou ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you not tell me that you so fished only on two occasions ! A. 

 I said I did so on two occasions, and into two boats which I built 

 myself. 



Q. You said you went there once this year and once twelve years ago? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. How does it now happen that you say you have fished there 

 twenty times? A. I say that I have fished there all of twenty times. 



Q. In open boats ? A. Yes; and I have been there from two to three 

 months each time. 



Q. In open boats ? A. Yes. 



Q. On each of these twenty occasions was your place of residence 

 Pictou ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you not tell me that you had gone over there twice ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you ever go over there in any other boats but your own ? A. 

 "ies; but not from Pictou. 



Q. Where did you go from? A. Murray Harbor. I went there to 

 earn a living. 



