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fully stating what is false, or else has not the means of information ? 

 A. I have nothing to say of anybody else's statements. 



Q. Did yon see that some of the American fishermen had themselves 

 put it at five hundred thousand dollars a year ? A. No. 



Q. Wouldn't it have altered your views if you had ? A. No ; my 

 views are fixed. 



Q. They were fixed before you came ? A. I didn't come to make any 

 mistatements. 



Q. Where did you read the evidence ? A. Some of it in the other 

 room. 



Q. Whose evidence did you read? A. McLaughliu's and McLean's, 

 and part of Fisher's. 



Q. Did you read Lord's ? A. No. 



Q. Have you read Fisher's ? A. I read part of it. 



Q. Now, Fisher says, in answer to Mr. Trescot I suppose he has a 

 knowledge of the island, has he? A. Fie should; he has fished there a 

 considerable many years. 



Q. He is asked, "What would be the annual value of the fishery at 

 Grand Manan, taking the opposite coast, and taking the neighborhood 

 generally, from your experience as a man of business with some practi- 

 cal acquaintance with the operations yourself as a merchant ? What 

 would be the annual value, including Grand Manan and the coast from 

 Letite to St. Andrew's and Lepreau?" And he answers: "I should 

 set the value of the fish caught at Grand Manan at not over $400,000. 

 They might go $500,000, but I think if I had $500,000 I would have 

 some left." A. I should think he would. 



Q. You see he puts it at 8500,000 ? A. He says " not over $400,000." 



Q. He says it might go $500,000. Do you mean to say that he would 

 state it was not over $400,000, and it might go $500,000, when it was 

 only $150,000? Would he cover that meaning with those words? A. 

 I have nothing to do with any other man's statement here. If what I 

 say conflicts with any other man's statement it is not my fault. 



Q. You won't give any judgment upon that point? A. I have noth- 

 ing to say. 



Q. Well, why did you answer Mr. Trescot when he put questions to 

 you as to other persons coming here and making particular statements? 



Mr. TRESCOT. J did not do it. 



Mr. THOMSON. You said you would not give him any particular names, 

 but if persons came here and swore that such and such was the case, 

 you asked him if that would be correct. 



Mr. TRESCOT. Quite so. 

 By Mr. Thomson : 



Q. Then Mr. Fisher is entirely astray according to you ? A. His 

 statement is large. . 



Q. What is the extent of your business ? You say you kept a hotel 

 during the summer and fished in the winter. Where did.lyou fish when- 

 ever you went? A. For herring ? 



Q. Yes. What is the extent of your catch ? A. Well, I could not 

 say exactly I never kept any minutes but I might have got $200 

 worth for my share. 



Q. Is that the extent of your fishing? A. Yes. 



Q. Now, there is Mr. Lakeman. Do you know him ? A. Yes ; I a in 

 well acquainted with him. 



Q. This question is put to him : 



Q. How much do these several totals make ? A. $133,450. 



Q. Thin'j a little, and think what you meant by telling us a few minutes ago that, 



