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with the fisheries as you obtained at the fishing stage until you went 

 and took charge of if? A. No. 



Q. Did you oversee the stage and take charge of it personally ? A. 

 Yes ; I had general supervision of it that summer. 



Q. You had six or eight boats employed ? A. Yes. 



Q. And you caught 620 barrels ? A. I think so. 



Q. Were these boats manned by persons who resided on the island? 

 A. We had four men from Gloucester, and the remainder of the crews 

 were island men. 



Q. Was this the first experience of these four Gloucester men in boat- 

 fishing ? A. I think that is probable, but they were experienced fish- 

 ermen. 



Q. And the others you picked up on the shore ? A. They were island 

 men. 



Q. Were they fishing on shares ? A. Yes. 



Q. Eecently, you say, you have observed that the boats have in- 

 creased in size on the island ? A. I think I said I have been so in- 

 formed. I have had no personal knowledge, or very little, in this regard 

 since. 



Q. Have they largely increased in number as well ? A. I only speak 

 on this head from information which I have received from others. 



Q. How many boats have you heard they have ? A. I am unable to 

 say anything about the number. 



Q. You say that the vessels fish nearer the headlands than the inden- 

 tations in the shore ? A. I had particular reference to the boats in 

 making that statement. 



Q. Do you know where the vessels fished ? A. I have very little 

 personal knowledge with regard to the vessels. 



Q. You have very little personal knowledge as to where they fish ? 

 Yes ; very little indeed. 



Q. Do you know where your vessel fished the year when the license 

 was obtained ? A. I do not ; but I asked the sea-master about it a few- 

 days before I left home, and he told me that they fished that year princi- 

 pally on Banks Orphan and Bradley. 



Q. And he failed there f A. Yes ; they only got a few mackerel that 

 year about 70 barrels, I think. 



Q. Did you direct him to go there and fish H A. I had no control over 

 that matter. 



Q. Did you give him any advice as to where he should fish ? A. No; 

 the captain had control of the voyage. 



Q. la fact, you have never had a vessel fish within 3 miles of the 

 shore of Prince Edward Island ? A. Not that I am aware of, with one 

 exception. I think I had only one vessel there for the purpose of boat- 

 fishing. 



Q. With that exception you have had no experience in this regard '? 

 A. No ; not within the three-mile limit. 



Q. Do you mean to say that less mackerel are now used than was 

 formerly the case? A. That is my impression ; certainly. 



Q. Can you give me any statistics regarding the quantity of mackerel 

 consumed in the United States? A. I presume that the whole quantity 

 taken is either exported or consumed. 



Q. Where ? A. In the United States. 



Q. Is the whole quantity caught off the United States coast consumed 

 there? A. No; I think that the poorer grade of mackerel, number 

 three, is exported to the West Indies. 



Q. Are the mackerel caught in the Bay of St. Lawrence chiefly con- 





