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Q. Therefore tbe consumer gets bis fish for less money? A. Evi- 

 dently be does. When herring are abimdant tbe price is lower. 



Q. It further follows that although a certain class of fishermen may 

 lose something by this free admission of British fish into the American 

 market, the American public gain by it? A. By getting their fish at a 

 low price? Of course it makes the price of fish lower in that market. 

 That is clear. 



Q. Then the consumer gets the fish cheaper ? A. He evidently does ; 

 the larger tbe quantity that is put on the market the less the price will 

 be. 



Q. You state that tbe annual value of tbe Grand Mauan fisheries is 

 from $500,000 to $600,000, but according to the figures which you gave 

 Mr. Trescot such annual value amounted in all to only $153,000; will 

 you explain bow you account for the difference? A. That is for the 

 body of the fish, apart from tbe value of the oil and sounds. 



Q. What is the value of the sounds ? A. It would take some time to 

 figure that up. 



Q. Would it amount to $50,000? A. No. 



Q. Would anything else be worth .$50,000 ? You see that all these 

 figures do not make $200,000 ; now where do you get your $500,000 or 

 $600,000? A. I said I did not believe that it would exceed that, and I 

 do not think that it will come up to that amount. 



Q. Is not $500,000 and $600,000 a mere random guess on your part? 

 A. I have no figures by which I know that it is correct. 



Q. The figures you have mentioned only bring such value up to 

 $153,000, leaving a difference of about $450,000 between that and 

 $600,000 ; the fact is that you have not made any accurate calculation 

 about this at all? A. I have not; no. 



Q. Do you know Walter McLaughlin, of Grand Manan Island? A. 

 Yes. 



Q. He is a respectable man, is he not ? A. Yes; he has the reputa- 

 tion of it. 



Q. And he is a truthful man ? A. Yes. 



Q. You know that bis business as fishery warden is to find out actu- 

 ally what tbe catch is, and I suppose that you will not put your judg- 

 ment, in this respect, against his? A. Well, that would depend on cir- 

 cumstances. 



Q. Would you put your judgment as to the catch of Grand Manau 

 against his, when it is his business to find <JUt what it really is? A. 

 No ; I do not think that I would. 



Q. Dp you know Mr. Lord, of Deer Island ? A. I do not, save from 

 reputation. 



Q. He has the reputation of being a straightforward man, has he 

 not ? A. I never heard anything to the contrary. 



Q. Do you know James McLean, of Black Bay? A. Yes; I am well 

 acquainted with him. 



Q. He is a very respectable man ? A. He is. 



Q. And a truthful man, as far as you are aware? A. He is ; yes. 



Q. As to the main-shore fisheries, of course you would not put your 

 opinion against that of Mr. McLean ? A. No; not with respecfto some 

 things. 



Q. Surely you would not put your opinion as to the mainland fisher- 

 ies against that of a man engaged in them, and who lives there? A. 

 When I speak from personal knowledge of anything, and if in this Mr. 

 McLean's opinion differed from mine, I would give Mr. McLean credit 

 for being truthful, and for not desiring to misrepresent the matter; but, 



