202 The Frederick Gerring, Jr. 



Gloucester aforesaid during the months of May and June of said 

 year, and that the fair market price of mackerel, in fishermen's 

 order, on or about the fifteenth day of June A. D. 1896, when the 

 voyage of said schooner Frederick Gerring, Jr., would have prob- 

 ably ended except for her seizure by the Canadian authorities was 

 Ten Dollars and Fifty Cents ($10.50) per barrel. 



John W. McFarland. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this sixteenth day of 

 December, A. D. 1912. 



Fred E. Morris, 

 (Seal.) Notary Public. 



EXHIBIT 31. 



Affidavit of Fred L. Davis. 



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ss.: 



I, Fred L. Davis of Gloucester in the County of Essex and 

 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath depose and say that 

 I was, during the year 1896, and for several years prior thereto 

 had been, the owner or part owner of several fishing vessels sailing 

 from the port of Gloucester aforesaid, and that I had knowledge 

 of the fair market value of fishing vessels and their equipment; 



That I was well acquainted with the Schooner Frederick Ger- 

 ring, Jr. of said port, owned by Edward Morris, and with the 

 condition and equipment of said vessel, and that in my opinion, 

 the fair value of said vessel with her sails, rigging, cable, anchors 



and interior furnishings was, in May, 1896, 



Thirty-five Hundred Dollars ; 



That some of the vessels so owned and operated by me during 

 the year 1896 were engaged in the mackerel fisheries, and I knew 

 the market price of mackerel in Gloucester aforesaid during the 

 months of May and June of said year, and that the fair market 



