14 The Frederick G erring, Jr. 



That on our arrival off White Island we found a number 

 of American fishermen mackerel fishing outside of the three-mile 

 limit, and the Dominion Fishery Cutter Vigilant coursing along 

 the said limit watching that no foreign vessel should fish inside 

 of said limit. 



That we saw a school of mackerel between our vessel and the 

 Vigilant distant about one hundred and fifty yards to the south- 

 ward of the Vigilant. 



That at that time Charles Hardy, captain of the American 

 schooner Margaret Haskins, was in his boat between his vessel 

 and the Vigilant and in my hearing and that of my crew inquired 

 of the commander of the Vigilant if the school of fish then 

 running and to the southward of the Haskins were all right, mean- 

 ing whether the said fish were outside of the three-mile limit ; 

 that the said commander informed him in my hearing and that 

 of my crew that "they were all right," meaning that we could 

 proceed to catch them. The Gcrring then lay outside and to 

 the southward of the Haskins about seventy-five yards, and 

 about two hundred yards outside of the three-mile limit. 



We then in order to be sure that we heard aright started in 

 our own boat towards the captain of the Haskins and hailed 

 him and asked him how far he was off the limit and he said that 

 the captain of the Vigilant was then on the three-mile line and 

 had informed him that the fish to the southward of his vessel 

 were outside of that limit ; we then proceeded to set our seine out- 

 side of said limit about two hundred yards but not less than one 

 hundred and fifty yards outside of said line and caught the school 

 of fish. That while so at work the said schooner Vigilant sailed 

 up and down on the said line limit and saw the Gerring and 

 the Haskins at work and never interfered or forbid either of 

 them from fishing or in any w'ay informed me we were inside of 

 said limits. That the Haskins, having caught her school of mack- 

 erel, sailed away in the presence of the Vigilant and was not inter- 

 fered with. 



That the crew of the Grrring bailing about eighty barrels of 

 the fisli into the schooner, when the Vigilant hoisted her light- 

 sails and stood away to the westward, and the Dominion fishery 

 cutter steamer Aberdeen hove in sight. We continued getting 

 in our fish and he steamed up alongside of us and her captain 



