2582 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. That year, then, you got over 450 barrels the two trips ? A. You 

 are speakiug of the last trip, are you ? 



Q. If I understood you, the first trip you got 225*barrels? A. That 

 is what I referred to now, whan I spoke of 225 b irrels; the last trip we 

 got 100 barrels. 



Q. On the last trip, did you fish anywhere on the shore of Prince Ed- 

 ward Island ? A. Yes ; I hove to several times. 



Q. \Vithiu three miles of the shore ? A. Yes. 



Q. Where? A. Between Souris and East Point. 



Q. You did not get anything? A. I should thiuk one barrrel or so, 

 to the best of my recollection. 



Q. Nothing more than that! A. Certainly not over five. 



Q. What was that owing to to your not staying there? A. Owing 

 to there not being any mackerel there. 



Q. Then you went'to Port Hood ? A. We had been to Port Hood 

 before fishing there. We go from bay to bay. 



Q. You did not fish on the north side of Prince Edward Island ? A. 

 Xot that fall. 



Q. In 1861, were you in the bay ? A. Yes. 



Q. How many trips did you make that year ? A. Two. 



Q. Where did you go ? A. To nearly the same ground as the previ- 

 ous year. 



Q. And neither in 18C1 nor 18G2 did you go inshore at all ? A. You 

 are coming to 1862 now f 



Q. Yes. A. We went first to Banks Orphan aud Bradley and on 

 Pigeon Hill ground, and got a fare of mackerel there. 



Q. You did not fish inshore at all ? A. No. 



Q. You did not even try ? A. Xo. 



Q. You did not go to Magdalen Islands ? A. Not that trip. 



Q. In the fall ? A. W r e went to the Magdalen Islands in the fall. 



Q. Were you successful there ? A. We got nearly our whole trip 

 there. 

 . Q. How many barrels did you take ? A. 200. 



Q. How many did you take on the first trip ? A> 230. 



Q. All those were paying trips? A. I never made much nnney out 

 of mackerel. 



Q. I mean paying to the owners of the vessels ? A. I should think 

 not. 



Q. You think that each season would be a loss ? A. I owned part of 

 the vessel myself and lost money. 



Q. In each of those seasons, did you? A. In 1861 and 1862. 



Q. Who furnished the supplies; were you one of the merchants to 

 furnish supplies? A. ifo. 



Q. Did your co-owners furnish the supplies ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did they lose money f A. I am not able to say. 



Q. You did not ask them whether they made money? A. I talked it 

 over with them during the fall, when there came to be a settlement. I 

 lost money myself. 



Q. In 1860, 1861, and 1862, the prices of mackerel were very low ? 

 A. I think they were. 



Q. What did you get a barrel for your fish f A. I cannot tell you 

 now. 



Q. Are you not able to recollect what you got for your fish as well 

 the number of barrels taken ? A. I cannot tell you, there are so many 

 years, aud very different prices. 



Q. Have you no idea how you happened to lose money ? I suppos e 



