



2854 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. Alexander McNeil, who is he ? A. He is a good man. 



Q. He is a justice of the peace! A. Tes. 



Q. Of good standing and integrity ? A. First class. 



Q. Well, he has been fishing a good many years. He is a farmer and 

 fisherman ? A. Yes. 



Q. He has been actively engaged since 1851, and he says the fish 

 caught by the boats are taken (see statement in evidence). A. That is at 

 Cavendish. 



Q. That would be correct there ? A. He has a boat that is not longer 

 than this table. They have nothing but dories and skiffs. They haul 

 their boats on the beach on the rocks. We could not do that with our 

 boats. We have different boats altogether. Those Cavendish men come 

 down to Rustico and fish in our boats. 



Q. Then he does catch fish in that close ? A. Yes ; I have no doubt 

 his statements are true as to Cavendish. It is bolder water, to begin 

 with. 



Q. How far from Rustico is it ? A. Two or three miles. 



Q. William J. McNeill, the member you know him ? A. Yes. 



Q. He is a respectable man ? A. He is a good man. 



Q. He is of the same opinion. Now, I will take the months of July 

 and August do you think the fishing is done within three miles in those 

 months? A. I do. 



Q. Well within ? A. Yes. 



Q. Then, in the fall, the boats go out more ? A. Yes. 



Q. Is it not the fact that they catch both inside and outside during 

 the fall ? A. Certainly. 



Q. Part is taken inside and part outside ? A. Yes. 



Q. You don't know the proportion? A. No; but generally they go 

 out. They expect to go out in the fall. 



By Hon. Mr. Kellogg : 



Q. About the middle of September, for instance ; is that a time when 

 they go out or in ? A. They go off then off shore. 



Q. Do they fish inside much about that time ? A. Not much. The 

 years are different ; but they are always prepared to go outside. 



No. 71. 



ISAAC C. HALL, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and Win- 

 throp, Mass., fish merchant, called on behalf of the Government of the 

 United States, sworn and examined. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Question. You are a citizen of the United States? Answer. Yes. 



Q. You have a house in Charlottetown ? A. A commercial house j 

 yes. 



Q. And you live part of the year at Charlottetown and part of the 

 year at Winthrop, Mass., near Boston, Suffolk County ? A. Yes. 



Q. How old are you ? A. Fifty-seven. 



Q. How many years have you been engaged in the fishing business on 

 Prince Edward Island ? A. This is the twentieth year. It will be 20 

 years next spring. 



Q. Since the spring of ISoS what portion of each season have you 

 spent on Prince Edward Island ? A. I should think about 9 months in 

 the year. 



Q. Have you been therethrough the winter so far ? A. I have spent 

 six years there pretty nearly all the time part of the winter. 



