AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2893 



Q. Wharves, &c. ? A. We Lave four wharves. 



Q. I suppose you have a quarter of a million invested in them? A. 

 That would be a large estimate. 



Q. Would $200,000 be a large estimate ? A. I think they cost us 

 nearly that. 



Q. You spoke of a number of vessels engaged in the mackerel busi- 

 ness ; I understood you to mean that they were exclusively halibuting? 

 A. Yes; what we call fresh halibutmg. 



Q. I understand from the evidence we have had that there are other 

 vessels which are engaged partially halibut and partially cod-fishing? 

 A. Those are vessels which go cod-fishing and catch halibut on their 

 voyages, in Bank vessels. 



Q. The number 31 you mentioned does not include these other vessels 

 which fish for halibut and cod promiscuously? A. No. 



Q. You could not give any idea as to how many are engaged, more or 

 less, in halibuting? A. Catching them on their trips? 



Q. Yes. A. Well, about 100 sail do so. 



Q. You, of course, never went halibuting yourself, and you do not 

 know where they catch their fish ? A. I suppose we have accurate 

 information on the subject. 



Q. You personally never went on a halibut-fishing voyage ? A. No; 

 save once, when I was a little boy and did not know much about it. 



Q. Mr. Foster asked you a few questions about the losing of anchors, 

 and as to whether this ought to be charged to their voyages; George's 

 Bank, I understand, is the place where most of the anchors are lost? 

 A. Most of the anchors are lost there at certain seasons of the year ; 

 yes. More are lost there in February and March than is the case any- 

 where else. 



Q. And a great many vessels would be there in February and March ? 

 A. Yes ; from 100 to 125 sail would then be there. 



Q. And when they lose anchors they lose cables too? A. You can- 

 not lose an anchor unless you lose some cable, of course, with it. 



Q. Are not more lost on George's Bank than in all the rest of the fish- 

 eries put together ? A. No. 



Q. Where else are they lost so largely ? A. On the Grand Banks ; 

 we also lose them very largely in the bay. 



Q. Whereabouts is this the case in the bay ? A. We lose them around 

 the Magdalen' Islands, where our vessels usually fish. 



Q. You were speaking of a vessel from which you bought some mack- 

 erel this year ? A. Yes. 



Q. What is her name ? A. I am about sure that it is the Harriet. 



Q. You do not know, of course, where they caught these fish ? A. 

 Yes ; it was south off the coast of Long Island, and off that way. 



Q. How do you know that ? A. The master told me so. I bought 

 them myself. 



Q. Where is she registered ? A. In the provinces. 



Q. Did she take these fish off shore ? A. She took them off Long Island, 

 She went south fishing; she came to my wharf to be fitted out. 



Q. You do mean to say that she caught them near the shore ! A. No; 

 I think she got them from 8 to 10 miles from the shore, where our ves- 

 sels usually fish. 



Q. You have expressed an opinion about the duty ; are you a pro- 

 tectionist or a free trader ? A. I am. protectionist. 



Q. Is the free admission of fish into the United States an injury to 

 your fishermen ? A. Yes ; I think that it is. 



