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leave off' mackereliug and commence cod-fishing ? A. Many of them go 

 herring voyages. 



Q. Are the crews of those vessels engaged for the whole year, or are 

 they engaged for the several distinct trips, cod, mackerel, and herring 

 voyages ? A. Most of the crews leave Gloucester and go to their homes 

 in different parts of the country. 



Q. At what time ? A. During the month of November. 



Q. Those same crews are engaged in cod-fishing and inackereling, but 

 not on herring voyages ? A. Not always. There are generally men 

 enough living in Gloucester to man the vessels that go on herring voy- 

 ages. 



Q. You hire a distinct crew, as a general rule, for the herring voy- 

 ages ? A. No ; not exactly. 



Q. Are the crew hired for the cod fishing and mackerel voyages to- 

 gether, and then when they 'return from the mackerel voyage is the 

 crew hired for the herring voyage ? A. They will not be hired for the 

 herring voyage till the vessel is ready to go. Vessels may lay up weeks, 

 perhaps mouths, after leaving off mackereling, before going for herring. 



Q. Is the same crew employed on the cod-fishing and mackerel voy- 

 ages ? A. Not necessarily so. 



Q. But generally is it not the same crew ? A. Pretty generally so. 

 They may not have been in the same vessel, but in some other vessel. 



Q. You have said you were fishing on the Banks between the years 

 1870 and 1875, inclusive. Upon what Banks were you fishing ? A. Sa- 

 ble Island Bank or Western Bank, meaning all one; Banqnero; also 

 at the Grand Bank at different times. 



Q. How many years were you fishing on the Grand Banks ? A. I 

 have been parts of six years on the Grand Banks. 



Q. That is between iS70 and 1875 ? A. I was part of the time also 

 before 1870. 



Q. Then you were engaged in Bank fishing prior to 1870? A. Yes- 



Q. As master? A. Yes. 



Q. I understood you to say to Mr. D;iua that from 1859 to 1869 you, 

 were engaged in mackerel-fishing in the gulf? A. Parts of the years. 



Q. How many of those years, between 1859 and 18G9, were you on the 

 Banks ? A. Every year but one, I think. 



Q. Then, in point of fact, between 1859 and 1875 you were every year 

 on the Banks fishing for cod, except one ! A. I think so. 

 , Q. You fit out for the Bank fishery about the beginning of February ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. Can you tell me the quantity of provisions you would put on board 

 your vessel for a voyageof tour months, with a crew say of sixteen men ? 

 A. Nine barrels of flour, not less; two barrels of pork, 25 poundsof tea, six 

 barrels of beef, ten bushels of potatoes, one barrel molasses, one barrel 

 sugar, one barrel beans, half barrel coffee, quarter barrel rice; also some 

 small articles which 1 have not mentioned. 



Q. Do you supply the men with tobacco ? A. No, they get that be- 

 fore they leave port. 



Q. They get it on their own account? A. Yes. 



Q. Can you give me the prices at which those articles were charged, 

 siiy for 1875, the last year you were out ? A. Flour, about 8.50 per 

 barrel ; pork, $17 or 8 18 per barrel ; tea, about 40 cents per pouud ; mo- 

 lasses, 50 cents a gallon ; rice, 15 cents to 16 cents per pouud ; potatoes, 

 50 cents a bushel ; beans, $3 a bushel ; beef, about $16 a barrel ; sugar,. 

 1~ cents per pouud. 



Q. Are not those charges far in excess of the ordinary cash prices of 



