AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2863 



Q. Well, there is one particular in which, probably by an error either 

 of the reporter or of the printer, there is a considerable difference be- 

 tween his statement and the one you gave me ; what is that ? A.. That 

 is rn regard to hake-fishing. It was placed on the list at $3.50 a quin- 

 tal. That was a mistake of a dollar. 



Q. Did you call his attention to that? A. He said it was a mistake. 

 He gave it, $2.50. 



Q. Are there any hake sounds exported from the island ? A. Yes. 



Q. There are no hake sounds down in the book ? A. They have got 

 down cod sounds. There are 594 barrels of cod tongues and sounds 

 down. He said he had no such thing. 



Q. You say that is not correct ? A. Certainly not. I think it is in- 

 tended for hake sounds. 



Q. Are there that many hake sounds? A. I don't think there is such 

 a large amount. 



Q. What become of the cod sounds? A. They are thrown away with 

 the offal of the fish. Our cod are mostly small. I never saw a barrel 

 of cod sounds saved on the island. 



Q. At what do you estimate the exportation of mackerel for 1876 

 from the island ? A. Not exceeding 12,000 barrels. 



Q. Would there be consumed on the island as much more of mack- 

 erel ? A. We do not eat mackerel on the island. 



Q. In regard to fresh fish : have you much of a market for fresh fish 

 there ? A. We have a market in Charlottetown ; we sell fifty barrels 

 a year there. 



Q. Has anybody else a market there? A. No; farmers come in on 

 market days and sell fish. 



Q. How many inhabitants has Charlottetown ? A. About 9,000. 



Q. And the only place where fish is sold, except from wagons on 

 market days, disposes of fifty barrels a year. Farmers catch it for 

 their own use, I suppose ? A. I think they do ; they are not a mack- 

 erel-eating people. I do not sell on an average, in Charlottetown, five 

 barrels of cured mackerel a year. 



Q. Any estimate placing the production of salted mackerel at 20,000 

 for last year, you think, is absurdly erroneous ? A. It is erroneous; 

 there is no question about it. 



By Mr. Da vies: 



Q. How do you arrive at the quantity exported from the island ; you 

 have to make a guess at it ? A. We cannot get the exact amount be- 

 cause we have no statistics we can depend on ; we have our exports to 

 go by ; so far as they go they are correct, but they do not cover the 

 whole quantity 5 there is only 9,000 reported as exported. 



Q. You think that is not a correct statement, and that it exceeds that 

 amount ? A. I think there are about 2,000 barrels more exported. 



Q. That is to say, you are guessing at the amount ? A. I cannot give 

 the exact amount, but I can approximate very nearly to it; I know 

 what we receive and what our neighbors receive ; 1 know every man 

 who does any mackerel business on the island, and as I know about 

 the number of barrels they ship, I can get at it very nearly. 



Q. You never set to work to make up such a statement ? A. Not to 

 get it exactly tc a barrel. 



Q. You never attempted to do so ? A. I never attempted it. 



Q. As to the quantity pf mackerel consumed oujthe island : you never 

 made any inquiry, I suppose, in the fishing districts to ascertain what 

 quantity of No. 3's the people consamed, or whether it is not the habit 



