AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMfSSION. 2669 



Q. The following questions were put to you. by Mr. Davies, on 

 page 389 : 



Q. I find from your statements that after the Washington Treaty was entered into, 

 Mr. Steele withdrew his vessels from yonr shore fishery and concentrated all bis efforts 

 on the bay ; am I correct in making that statement ? A. In 1870 and 1871 he did not 

 send any vessels to the bay. 



Q. But in 1872 he commenced sending them to the bay ? A. Yes. 



Q. And he has sent them there ever since T A. Yes. 



Q. And he has since sent none to fish on your shore f A. No. 



Q. Since 1872 he has sent none to fish on your shore, but has sent all his vessels to 

 roe bay? A. Yes. 



Have you any statement to show how Mr. Steele distributed his ves- 

 sels ? In 1858 how many vessels had he? A. In 1858 he fitted 8 

 schooners. 



Q. How were they distributed ! A. All 8 schooners went into the 

 bay, and one went to the shore one day. 



Q. In 1859 how many vessels had he? A. He fitted 10; all went to 

 the bay, and none to the shore. 



Q. In 1860 ? A. Fitted 11 ; 8 to the bay, and three to the shore. 



Q. 1861 ? A. Fitted 11; 7 to the bay, and 4 to the shore. 



Q. 1862 ? A. Fitted 11 ; 5 went to the bay, 2 to the shore after they 

 returned from the bay. 



Q. 1863 ? A. Fitted 9 ; 6 went to the bay, 2 to the shore for one 

 month and 24 days, after returning from the bay. 



Q. 1864 ? A. Fitted 8 ; 8 went to the bay, none to the shore. 



Q. 1865 ? A. Fit ted 8 ; 8 went to the bay, none to the shore. 



Q. 1866? A. Fitted 10; 10 went to the bay, none to the shore. - 



Q. 1867 ? A. Fitted 10 ; 9 went to the bay, 1 to the shore for 18 days 

 after returning from the bay. 



Q. 1868 ? A. Fitted 10 ; 5 went to the bay, the rest went cod-fishing. 



Q. 1869? A. Fitted 8; 6 went to the bay, none to the shore. 



Q. 1870? A. Fitted 7 ; none went to the bay, 5 to the shore. 



Q. 1871 ? A. Fitted 6 ; none went to the bay, 3 to the shore. 



Q. Now comes the first year of the Washington Treaty. How many 

 vessels did he fit in 1872? A. 10 vessels; 2 went to the bay and 2 to 

 the shore, and the rest went cod-fishing. 



Q. 1873? A. Fitted. 8; 4 went to the bay, none to the shore, and 4 

 codfishing. 



Q. 1874? A. Fitted 9; 3 went to the bay, the rest went codfishing. 

 ' Q. 1875 ? A. Fitted 9 ; 3 went to the bay. 



Q. 1876 ? A. Fitted 13 ; 5 went to the bay. 



Q. Taking all those years together, do you see any striking difference 

 in bay -fishing before and after 1872 ? A. I do not. 



Q. You find that many years long before the Washington Treaty he 

 did not send any vessels shore-fishing. Did he ever do much at shore- 

 fishing? A. No. 



Q. Did he ever go into it fully? A. No. I don't think he ever 

 owned a seiner. 



Q. Therefore he never tried seining on the shore ? A. No. 



Q. He did not much enter into the mackerel-fishing on our shores ! 

 A. No. 



Q. His shore-mackerel business is no test of the general ahore-mack- 

 erel business f A. No. 



Q. You know that the word chartering sometimes means hiring and 

 sometimes letting. In speaking of chartering, did you mean to say that 

 there were no cases of chartering vessels either in the form of letting 



