PERIOD FROM 1871 TO 1905. 707 



MASSACHUSETTS, Essex, ss: 



GLOUCESTER, December 23* 1878. 



Personally appeared M. B. Murray, and made oath to the truth of 

 the above statement. 



Before me. 



[SEAL.] AARON PARSONS, Notary Public. 



(21.) 

 Deposition of Peter Smith. 



GLOUCESTER, February 5, 1878. 



I, Peter Smith, of Gloucester, master of the American schooner 

 Charles C '. Warren, of Gloucester, do on oath depose and say that I 

 was at Tickle Beach, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, on the 6th Janu- 

 ary, 1878; that I had been to Labrador, from thence to Bay of 

 Islands, and thence to Fortune Bay for a load of herring. On the 

 morning of the 6th January, 1878, herring made their appearance in 

 close proximity to the shore in great abundance. I was provided with 

 two seines with which to take herring, and should have loaded my 

 vessel and others on that day. I had my seine in the boat, and was 

 preparing to use it when the attack was made on the other American 

 seines, and I saw them destroyed, and I found that the mob of 200 or 

 300 of the British fishermen were determined to destroy every seine, 

 and I did not dare put my seine in the water. After this time I 

 bought of the British fishermen about 400 barrels of herring, paying 

 1 dol. 40 c. per barrel. My vessel would carry 1,300 barrels, all of 

 which I could have taken on the 6th January at little or no cost to 

 myself. I was about a fortnight buying 400 barrels of herring. I 

 consider that my loss was at least 3.000 dollars, in addition to the 

 expense of the voyage, by the hostile acts of the British fishermen. 



(Signed) PETER SMITH. 



STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, Essex, ss: 



GLOUCESTER, December 14, 1878. 



Personally appeared Peter Smith, and made oath to the truth of 

 the above statement signed by him. 



Before me. 



[L. s.] AARON PARSONS, Notary Public. 



(22.) 

 Official statement of Newfoundland herring fishery. 



T, Fitz J. Babson, collector of customs for the district of Gloucester, 

 do certify that the following-named schooners were employed in the 

 Newfoundland herring fishery during season of 1877 and 1878 : 



Schooners. Tons. 



Herbert M. Rogers 78 



Moses Adams 100 



John W. Bray 83 



Wildfire 109 



Edward E. Webster 99 



Hereward 00 



