2844 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. You have something to do with the Annual Eecord of Science and 

 Industry, I believe ?^-A. Something yes. 



Q. Do you agree with the language used in an article contained on 

 page 473 of this journal for 1872 ? A. I did not write that, but I pub- 

 lished it. 



Q. Have you in any article stated that you dissent from it ? A. No. 

 It is not my business to do so. That article merely reflects the opinion 

 of the writer. I would be very sorry to believe one-half of what I pub- 

 lish in that periodical ; but it expresses the progress of belief and science, 

 and 1 take it accordingly. 



. Q. It is a matter of speculation whether dead fish are eaten, as you 

 say, by predaceous fishes; this is mere theory ? A. I have no doubt that 

 they are so eaten. 



By Mr. Whiteway : 



Q. You have stated that the largest quantity of codfish taken in the 

 shortest possible time was in the vicinity of the Loffodeu Islands ? A. 

 Yes. 



Q. You said that something like 25 millions were taken by 12,000 

 people? A. Yes. 



Q. In a very short time in the course of three months ? A. Yes ; 

 and in a very small space. 



Q. Where did you get your statistics from ? A. From a report of the 

 Norwegian Government. 



Q. For what year? A. 1868, I think. 



Q. Whose report was it ? A. It is an extremely hard jaw-breaking 

 title ; it is an abstract, prepared by Hermann Baars, of Bergen, Norway. 

 It was an article prepared by him for presentation at the Paris Exhibi- 

 tion. 



Q. You have not seen reports published since that time ? A. O, yes; 

 I have them much later. 



Q. Did these later statistics correspond with the former as regards 

 the quantity f A. I know that the capture of cod in Loffoden Islands, in 

 1876, amounted to 21 or 22 millions; I have the figures here. 



Q. Are you aware what quantity of codfish is caught on the coast of 

 Newfoundland ? A. No. I have been earnestly trying to get the sta- 

 tistics of Newfoundland in this respect, but I have not been able to ob- 

 tain them as yet. I hope you will send them to me. 



Q. You are not aware whether it is an inshore or deep-sea fishery on 

 that island ? A. No. I know nothing about it. 



Q. You say that fish are dried and used as food for cattle in these 

 islands and in Norway ? A. Yes. 



Q. What sort of cattle use it? A. Horses, oxen, and cows; they eat 

 it with great avidity. 



Q. What portion do they make use of? A. Any part, but more gen- 

 erally the heads, which are offal ; they make most admirable nutriment. 



Q. You say that a great many nations dress very largely in the skins 

 of cod and salmon ? A. Yes. 



Q. Will you kindly tell me what nations these are ? A. They are 

 Tchuktchi, the Aleutian Islanders, the Norton Sound Esquimaux, other 

 natives of Alaska, and a few others. 



Q. You say further that the most extensive resorts of cod are the 

 Grand Banks and George's Bank ; can you tell me the quantity of fish 

 taken on these banks ? A. No ; I have not made any investigation or 

 tabulation in this regard. 



Q. Then you really base that opinion upon no data ? A. I merely 

 base it on my general impression on that subject. I merely speak of 





