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mackerel there, but when we got there we did not find any. I have 

 heard from fishermen that they found fish there. 



(}. You never were in Bay Chaleurs? A. No. 



Q. You don't know anything about the fishing there ? A. No. 



Q. Did you try there in 1873 ? A. We tried there. 



(,). What did you catch there? A. Nothing. 



Q. Did you ever try off Cape Breton shore ? A. I never tried along 

 the uorth shore of Cape Breton. We tried at the Magdalen Islands and 

 Prince Edward Island. I understand yon now r.efer to 1873. 



Q. You went to Margaree ? A. Yes. 



Q. You tried once and did not catch any ? A. Yes, and went away 

 to Magdalen Islands. 



By Mr. Dana : 



Q. Your memorandum is made up for the bay voyages only ? A . Yes. 



Q. When did you make it up ; before you came here ? A. I made a 

 kind of memorandum at home and copied it when I came here. 



Q. Were you in the bay some time in 1855 ? A. Yes. 



Q. And in 1856 ? A. Yes. 



Q. And in 1858? A. Yes. 



Q. State what jears you were in the bay. A. In 1854 in C. C. 

 Davis; 1855, Eacer; 1856; Belvidere; 1858, Sarah B. Harris; 1859, 

 Trenton; 1860, Trenton; 1862, Eoger Williams; 1873, Franklin 8. 

 Schank. 



Q. Do you think that during these eight years you gave a fair trial 

 to the inshore fisheries?. A. Yes. 



<J. And you found them to be of little value ; you tried them in va- 

 rious ways drifting off sometimes, and anchoring and drifting off at 

 other times, according to the wind ? A. Yes. 



Q. And you know of no other way of drifting ? A. Yes. 



No. 64. 



JOHN C. KNOWLTON, fisherman, of Eockport, Mass., was called on be- 

 half of the Government of the United States, sworn and examined. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Question. Eockport is a town adjoining Gloucester^ and in the same 

 maritime district? Answer. Yes. 



Q. How old are you f A. I am 39. 



Q. When did you first go fishing in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ? A. In 

 1851. 



Q. How many voyages in all did you make to the bay ? A. Nine. 

 Q. Iii what year did you make your last voyage there ? A. In 1874 ; 3 

 years ago. 



Q. Were you sharesman or skipper? A. I was sharesmau. 



Q. Who was skipper ? A. Donald McDonald. 



Q. How many barrels of mackerel did you take? A. I think we 

 landed 430 barrels at Canso, where I left the vessel, which went back to 

 the bay, while I returned home. 



Q. What became of her afterward? A. She came home, I think, 

 with about 575 or 600 barrels, including the 430 mentioned. 



Q. Was this not an unusually good catch for that year? A. No; 

 there were vessels which did a great deal better than that. 



By Sir Alexander Gait : 

 Q. When was this? A. In 1874; 3 years ago. 



