307 



Robert Moroy, Supplying Merchant and Planter, residing at Caplin Bay, New- 

 foundland, page 67, ibid. : — 



" f Imvi! liecome iuM|uaiiite(l with tlie lislieries of Newl'muullnnd from lieinu' connecteil tlierewitli 

 sinri! T wiw a boy. I liiivu during the liusl iwo years seen a minil)i!r of UniU'd iitatcs' lishiiig vi'ssids in 

 tliia iu'it,'ld)oiirIi(M)il. Ltst scasdii I can safely say I .saw upwards of sv hiiudruil of such ve.ssels either 

 ill this iiarbour m- pa.s.sin;,' clnse hy ; ■ le were live or .six of these vessels in this harijimr la.st year — 

 they came for Imit — for cajilin diir the ' ciiplin .school," and 8(|uids ufterwartLs. Tiiis luut they 

 linuleil thein.sclvis in ]i,irt, and ji;,v aids. 1 saw six Dorej-s helonjjing lo (ine of their vcjssels on 

 the 'jij,'gin.i; j:iound ' hu-iily i'Im])1oV' , ji:.'L.'ing fr)r .sijuid-s. They also pur"ha.st^ bait from our people, 

 lujing always ni a hurry lo '.'ct tii('ir bait ius (juickly as jio.ssilile li> jiroceed again In tin; lianks. Cajilin 

 they regularly iiaul lor ihemsclvcs when ca|)lin is abundant, which it aiway.'; is until the .season 

 advances. Much vessel takes almut eighty barrels fresh c.iplin which they jaeserve in ice purchased 

 from ciur penph-. The bait hauled and jigged Uy these Uniteil Slates' iisliermen was taken in the 

 harbour close lo shore." 



Peter Winscr, Planter, residing- at Aquafortc, Newfoundland, page 68, ibid. : — 



" I have been conu'i led with tin' lishcrics of Xewfoiinilland by either pro.secuting the same or 

 supplying therelor .lince I was t'oiirteen years of age. 



" 1 have seep Uniteil State-;' lisliing vessels in this harbour the past .sea.-on as well ns the year 

 previous, getting bait ; I bey jiu'ged squids tlieniselves in |iart, and what they were short of catching 

 they ]iurchased I'rom our tisiierrucn. Caplin ihey hauled ihi^nselves, using .i .seine belonging to a pel-son 

 residing in this iiarbour, wiiicli was worked liy American lishenneii, e.\ee]it one young m.in, the son of 

 the seine owner. Fomnf these ve.-iil.-> have been in this harliour at one lime catehing bail ; us naiiiy 

 as lifteen iiave lieen at one lime in ('ajie liroyle ; I saw leii there one day whose cu-ws were all 

 engaged catching sipiids. In tliis immediate vicinity there were last summer not fewer than seventy 

 of these t'liiled Slates' vessels in our liiirbours during the capliii scliool ; and I am v.ell informed that 

 between St, .loiin's and Trepassy not fewer than UIH) have freipiented tiie harliour.s for the supply 

 of frt^sli bail, which they procured jiarlly liy catcliing fia- themselves and jiarlly by ]ii!i-cliiLsing. 1 am 

 led to bebeve that it i' tile intculioii of ihe riiited States' vessels to c(Mue ill ujioii our shores and into 

 our h.irbiiiirs to catch liail to cunviy to their sciiooners on the Hanks, .so tiial they maj- prosecute the 

 cod-lisjiery uninterruptedly. Tlic supply of b:iit by each United States' vessel per trip is about as 

 follows ; — Forty barrels caplin during llie c.iplin school, and as I was told by one of the captains, lifty 

 barrels .s.juids. I'niUd States' ve.ssels make two and three trips for bait." 



Tliere is nitieli evidonee from others to the same purport ; but I will only further 

 call vour e.siiceiiil atU-iition to the alliduvits rend at the end of the rebuttal testimony, on 

 behalf of Hit .Majesiy'.s ( iovcrnnn'iit (Nos. 1 to 8, Appeiuli.v Q), whicli amply provn the 

 position I contend for, and tiiat I' iiitid States' ves.seis liave this \ear been en_u;a<jed in 

 Fortune Hay, haulinu; bait with very larj^e seines, barring cove.s, and supplying the 

 Frenrh. 



1 will add with reference to the evidunce of Mr. Joseph Tierney, (]uoted by Mr. 

 Fo.stcr in his speech, in support of his cimtention that United Stat 's' masters of 

 Bankers, inireha.so their bait and do not catch it, that inmicdiaiely atler the answer 

 witii wiiich .Mf. KostiT concludes his extract, the following queuiiou and answer occurs 

 in cros.s-e,\ainitiation : — 



" Q. Vou eni(vloy them and they go and catch so much bait for you ? 

 that is, out of (jloueeater. " 



So TieriK-v also sustains my position 



A. Vc.;, that is the custom 



Mr. Knsler. will si'rii)nsl\ (oiitend, under - - , 



evidence, llial llu' .Vmericaiis oiitainiag- in liiis manner that which is imlispensable tor 

 their cliicienl pfo.seciitidn of the (■o<l-lishery, .sJioiiKl, iiy a stibtiety of reasoning- wiiirh 1 

 contend is utt 



