2926 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. Is be a respectable man ? A. Yes ; very. 



Q. He is fish warden there ? A. Yes. 



Q. He goes around and collects information from the inhabitants as 

 to the quantity of fish taken ? A. I have heard of him doing so in years 

 past. 



Q. Is he a truthful man and well spoken of where you are ? A. He 

 never told me a lie that I know of. 



Q. Have you ever been on the mainland at all ? A. I have. 



Q. Have you ever been in the neighborhood of where Mr. James E. 

 McLean carries on business ? A. I have been up there oscasionally. 



Q. How long since you last were there ? A. I came by there in the 

 steamer the other day. 



Q. I don't mean coming by in the steamer, but when were you there ? 

 A. I don't know that I have been there for two years on shore. 



Q. Were you ever at his place of business ? A. Never, I think. 



Q. Where is his place of business ? A. Letite and Back Bay. 



Q. How long since you were last at Back Bay ? A. I never was 

 ashore in Back Bay in my life. 



Q. Were you ever ashore anywhere from St. George to Lepreau 1 

 A. Yes. 



Q. ,Where? A. I have been ashore at Beaver Harbor. 



Q. Is Beaver Harbor a large fishing place? A. They have some 

 vessels. 



Q. How long would you stay there ? A. I went into harbor there. 



Q. You went into harbor ? Is that the extent of your knowledge of 

 the mainland ? A. No. 1 am acquainted with McLean and with a num- 

 ber of fishermen that belong over on that shore. 



Q. From your personal knowledge ? Have you any personal knowl- 

 edge apart from what you may have acquired talking to these people? 

 A. I have quite a knowledge of how many are engaged in the fishing, 

 and I know they are not more successful than our own fishermen. 



Q. How long since you last were there on the mainland ? A. Well, 

 it has been, I suppose, two years. 



Q. You know McLean ? A. 1 know McLean, not intimately. I am 

 acquainted with him. I have met him at Eastport, and at our own place 

 this summer. 



Q. Did you ever talk to him ? A. Yes. 



Q. I suppose it is possible he is as well informed as to the value of the 

 fisheries on the mainland as you are 1 ? A. He may be. 



Q. Probably better? A. He probably has his idea and I have mine. 



Q. That is not the question. I ask you whether he is any better able 

 to give an opinion as to the value of the fisheries on the mainland than 

 you ? A. He may be better able. 



Q. Have you any doubt that he has better means of information than 

 you ? A. I don't know that he has better means. 



Q. Although he resides there and carries on business there ? A. 

 Well, there is a large extent of coast. He is located at one place, and 

 he is as far from the extremes as I am. 



Q. What part of the coast of the mainland have you any acquaintance 

 with there? A. Deer Island and Cauapobello. 



Q. Do you call Deer Island a part of the mainland ? A. Well, St. 

 Andrew's ; I have run a packet there three or four years. 



Q. And running a packet would give you a knowledge of the fishing 

 business, you think. When did you stop running the packet? A. I 

 have not run it for two years. 



Q. How long were you running it before that? A. Four years. 



