AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. . 2627 



By Mr. Whiteway: 

 Q. Is not that a quintal ? A. 114 pounds are a quintal. 



By Mr. Dana : 

 Q. lie further says : 



The owner in my case above cited settled with the crew at two dollars and seventy- 

 five cents per quintal as weighed out of the vessel, the market value of which fish 

 when cured was four dollars eighty cents per quintal ; the loss in weight, which is very 

 trilling, and labor in curing, would not cost more than one dollar per quintal. 



A. I took his own figures when I made my estimate. 



Q. Is that a correct statement ? A. I took his statement for that. 



By Sir Alexander Gait : 



Q. How do you think it is? A. I don't suppose it is a great way out 

 of the way, taking into consideration the rent of the wharf and so forth. 



By Mr. Dana : 



Q. About $1 per quintal? A. I should think so. I have not figured 

 it up to get it exactly, but he is not a great way out of the way. 



Q. Is there anything else in his statement ? A. He makes a compari- 

 son of two vessels ; one under the Washington Treaty with the privilege 

 of going into Newfoundland and buying fresh bait, and he reckons that 

 that vessel would make three trips a season, while the vessel not under 

 the Washington Treaty, and restricted from going in there, would only 

 make one trip. 



Q. What has the Washington Treaty to do with the right to go in 

 there and buy bait? A. I don't know. 



Q. Suppose it had, what has that to do with three trips ? A. It is a 

 fallacious statement in regard to three trips in comparison with one, 

 because I think our vessels will make as many trips without the privi- 

 lege of going into Newfoundland as they can with it. 



By Mr. Davies : 



Q. You have spoken of the statements made by Captain Campbell 

 aud Roland McDonald with regard to the vessel called Daniel McPhee ? 

 A. I have. 



Q. Are you owner of the vessel ? A. I was. 



Q. And you have your books here f A. I have not. 



Q. When were you requested to look up the accuracy of Campbell's 

 statement since you came here ? A. No, in Gloucester. 



'Q. And what did you do in order to test its accuracy? I suppose, 

 regarding tha.t portion where he states where the fish were taken, you 

 have nothing to say ? A. No. 



Q. You deny the accuracy of the statement that so manv were taken? 

 A. I do. 



Q. Have you a statement of the names of the crew for the year ? A. 

 I have a statement of the crew's names on that first trip. The names 

 are as follows: Daniel McPhee, master; Ronald McDonald, Michael 

 McDonald, H. Sinclair, Alex. Cameron, George M. Reed, Joseph 

 McDonald, Joseph McPhee, John Eogers, Joseph Silva, Daniel Mclntire, 

 William Wilder West, Thomas Johnson, Paul McNeil. She lauded her 

 dories when she returned with that trip. 



Q. Having been requested to examine the accuracy of this -statement, 

 did you take the trouble to- look at your books for more than one year 

 to see whether there had been a mistake iu the year? A. I did. 



Q. What did you find ? A. I did not find any. 



Q. Will you give me a statement of the returns made by the vessel 



