2668 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. And the rest in the fishing business daring 19 years. Ton meant 

 to say that he brought into the business the capital he had made as a 

 sailmaker, and added to it from the fishing business during 19 years ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. On page 387 of your evidence there is the following : 



Q. And that shows the values at which he settled with his men T A. Ye . 



Q. Does it show the actual cash price which he received for these 33,645 barrels T 

 A. Yes. 



Q. Will yon explain ? A. Remember that this is for the fish and the packing which 

 he receives when he sells the trip. 



Explain what that means. A. When he sells the fish the barrel is sold 

 with it, so that the packing is included in the sale. In the books it is 

 made up without charging the packing in the value of the fish ; and 

 when he sells it, he sells it with the barrel. 



Q. And when he settles with his crew the packing is taken out of the 

 price? A. Yes; that is customary. 



Q. On page 388 of your evidence there is the following : 



Q. Then his expenditure for the Pharsalia was a little below the ordinary ran ! A. 

 Yes ; it is below the average. 



Q. And this item represents the actual expenditure taken from the books ? A. Yes. 



Q. Are the items for outfit and expenses put down also from actual expenditures ? 

 No ; they are estimates. 



Did you reckon there anything more than barrels packed out in mak- 

 ing your statement for the settlement of the crew ? There are more 

 sea barrels than packed barrels ? A. Yes. 



Q. What is the difference about 10 per cent. ? A. Yes. 



Q. If barrel is exchanged for barrel do you make any allowance for 

 10 per cent. ? A. I see by my reply I said they are estimates. Does 

 that apply to the Pharsalia ! 



Mr. DAVIES. That question related to the reason why you charged 

 $450, when in the sample statement it only showed $415 as being ex- 

 pended. 



By Mr. Dana : 



Q. Did you mean to apply that to the Pharsalia ? A. 1 did not. 



Q. Have you any alteration to make that would add to the cost with 

 respect to the barrels? Might not the cost on them aud interest on them 

 be very fairly taken off! A. If I was going to make up the account 

 again, I would make it up more clearly in ray own mind by taking off 

 the average cost of running aud vessel's gear, and then I would make 

 a difference between sea and packed barrels. Those barrels had to go 

 on board, and were part of the outfit, and the increased cost should be 

 considered. Then, again, I did not calculate anything for the barrels 

 the bait was in. The bait was charged in net stock there with the bar- 

 rels taken out only the bait. As the bait was taken out, the barrels 

 could be used for holding mackerel. 



Q. On page 388 of your evidence you were asked : 



Q. You charge 88,500 for salt, for as many barrels at $1 a barrel ; one-half of it would 

 be profit, aud that would leave $4,250 as profit f A. Yes. 



What does that mean ? A. If I answered u yes," I answered it with- 

 out thought, because there is no such profit as that on a barrel of salt. 



Q. What is about the rate of profit? A. I should not set down the 

 profit on a barrel of salt at more than 12 cents or 25 cents. 



Q. There are eight bushels to a hogshead ? A. Yes. 



Q. A bushel of salt is a struck measure, and does not hold so much 

 as a bushel of other articles f A. Yes. 



