AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2543 



Q. How many vessels did you then have there ? A. Five or six, 1 

 think. 



Q. It has been stated that 28 Gloucester vessels then went aground-* 

 at the Magdalen Islands ; how many of your vessels then went 

 aground ? A. One. 



Q. One out of five or six ? A. Yes ; and the captain got her afloat in 

 a couple of days, 



Q. Can you tell how many Gloucester fishing-vessels are in the Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence this year ? A. I cannot. 



Q. Nor last year? A. 1 could do so only as regards my own. 



<,. How many had you there last year! A. Three; and I have two 

 there this year. 



Q. And how many the year before last ? A. Three. 



Q. During the last 10 years that you fished in the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence, you had the right, under the Reciprocity Treaty, to fish anywhere 

 in the bay ; how, then, did it happen that you did not fish much during 

 this period within three miles of the shore in British "waters I A. Well, 

 we fished where we could find the most fish, and I suppose that the 

 most fish were on the grounds on which we fished. 



Q. Have you the result of your trips made to the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence and on the American shore since your fishing firm was organized 

 in 1868 ? A. I have them made up. 



Q. How many vessels did you have in the gulf in 1868? A. Five; 

 we landed 625 barrels ; average price, $16. 



Q. The whole five vessels ouly caught 625 barrels ? A. Yes. 



Q. How many vessels did you have that year on our shore? A. Five. 



Q. How many barrels did they land ? A. One thousand nine hun- 

 dred and sixty-one ; average price, $11.87. 



Q. How many vessels did you have in the gulf in 1869 ? A. Seven ; 

 they landed 1,097 barrels ; average price, $16. 



Q. How many did you have on the American shore ? A. Two : they 

 landed 1,140 barrels ; average price. $8.75. 



Q. How many vessels did you have in the gulf in 1870 ? A. Seven; 

 they landed 1,038 barrels ; average price, $13. 



Q. And how many on our shore ? A. Five ; they landed 1,852 bar- 

 rels ; average price, $8.61. 



Q. And in 1871 ? A. We then had five vessels in the bay ; they 

 landed 1,413 barrels; average price, $8. 



Q. How many had you on our shore! A. Two; they landed 1,174 

 barrels ; average price, $9.70. 



Q. And in 1872 ? A. We then had three vessels in the bay and three 

 on our shore ; the former landed 789 barrels, average price, $14; and 

 the latter 1,494 barrels, average price, $9.22. 



Q. And in 1873? A. We then had six vessels in the bay and four 

 on our shore ; the former landed 2,291 barrels, average price, $9.25 ; 

 and the latter 1,889 barrels, average price, $13.93. 



Q. And in .1874? A. We then had seven vessels in the bay and five 

 off our shore ; the former landed 2,800 barrels, average price, $6 ; and 

 the latter 704 barrels, average price, $8.20. 



Q. And in 1875 ? A. We then had three vessels in the bay and six 

 on our shore; the former landed 623 barrels, average price, 8 11.33 j and 

 the latter 2,531 barrels, average price, $9.81. 



Q. And in 1876 ? A. We then had three vessels in the bay and four 

 on our shore ; the former landed 319 barrels, average price, $10.20; and 

 the latter 3,642 barrels, average price, $5.80. 



Q. How does the result of those years sum up ? A. The average 



