AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2701 



Do you undertake to say that the fishing ground from Lepreau to 

 Letete is a bad fishing-ground ? A. No. 



Q. Then what made you contradict the statement? A. I contradicted 

 that remark he made in regard to American fishermen having their own 

 \v;iy. 



Q. Tbe whole passage was read to you and you contradicted it ? A. 

 I referred to the last part that was read. 



Q. Did you hear the whole read ? A. Yes. 



Q. Why did you not qualify your contradiction ? A. I do so now. 



Q. You admit that if I had not called attention to it, your statement 

 would have gone as contradicting Mr. McLaughlin's testimony ? A. I 

 referred to the last part of what was read. 



Q. I call your attention to this: 



Q. What would be the value of the mainland fishery, the Hritish fishery alone, 

 taking it from Letite to Lepreau? A. My own fishery is, say 500,000 ; Campobello 

 and. West Isles must equal mine; and the mainland will certainly be more than half 

 of that, if not equal to it. 



You have said that Campobello and the West Islands would equal 

 Grand Manan? A. Campobello and West Isles would be, I think, 

 about the same as Grand Manan. 



Q. That is the statement made here by Mr. McLaughlin, and you con- 

 tradicted it. A. I did not refer to that part. 



Q. Mr. McLaughlin puts down 'that Campobello and West Isles would 

 be equal to Grand Mauau. Do you contradict that? A. I admit it to 

 be true, so far as I know. 



Q. You said in your answer to Mr. Trescot yon did not agree to that. 

 How often have you been at Grand Manan for the purpose of inquiring 

 into the value and extent of the fishery ? A. I have never been there. 

 All I know is from the fish that come from there. 



Q. Never having been there, you yet presume to put your opinion 

 against and contradict the statement of Mr. McLaughliu, who has been 

 there and has a practical knowledge of it I A. J know about it from 

 what 1 learn from the fishermen. I give my opinion of the value of the 

 fishery. 



Q. You put your opinion against the oath of Mr. McLaughlin, who 

 has a practical knowledge of it ? A. Yes, I put my opinion against his 

 opinion. 



Q. Although you have never been there and never examined closely 

 into the extent of the fishery ? A. I know the fish that come from 

 there. 



Q. Do all the fish that come from there go to Eastport ? A. I think 

 they do. 



Q. Will you swear to that ? A. No ; because there are a few go to 

 St. John's a very small quantity. 



Q. Will you swear that none are sent direct elsewhere than to St. 

 | John's and Eastport f A. I don't know of any. 



Q. Do you mean to say that American vessels which come down to 

 catch fish off the main land take it to Eastport ? Do you not know that; 

 they take the fish direct to Boston, Newburvport, or other ports on the 

 American coast ? A. I do not know it. 



Q. Do you say that they do not ? A. I never heard of vessels going 

 there. 



Q. If American vessels have gone there and fished oft' the main land, 

 you have never heard of it ? A. No. 



Q. If American vessels do go and fish there, would they not carry 

 their cargoes elsewhere than to Eastport ? A. I don't think they would. 



