329 



Miiclxciuif. |i 12'J, awmuii piiulitiriiiacLvr..'l TOO ImireU tKT veiMl 

 (.runt, p. is:', „ 000 Id Too 



I'lirrull, ]. 1<»7, „ 2.10 jht tri|). 



Mdiiiinv ]i 210, nvompc rntch of nmrkcn-l, 00(1 por ^i-nnon, 



Korty.fonr Other witncascs examined, on bolinlf of the Crown, and croM-cxamincd 

 bcforu tlie Commission, Ii.ive stated the same fact. Thcsi- t^talemenis are confirmed by 

 liiL' following Amcriran witnerecs: — 



In order that any one may verify the correctness of tliis e.itjnialc, for every witness, 

 I mny ^tate tliat liiis is the process thnrnj^h which 1 arrived al it. I took the nimil)cr of 

 barrels catislit in each trip, by <'very witness, and diviiled liio total by the number of 

 trips. Some witnesses have maile more than that avera^;!'. otlicrs iiave made less. 1 

 abstained from taking the larfjcr and the smaller catches ; and in this res|)ect I have; 

 followed a mode of estimating; the matter, wliieli has been incorporated in our legislation. 

 When, in 1S5I, Scijjnorial tenure was ubolisln d in Lower Canada, indcmnilv was to bt; 

 paid to the Seigniors who conceded for " lols-et-ventes," that is to say, u kind of penalty 

 upon any sale or mutation of property which took place, consisting of one-twelfth of 

 purchase money. There was no fine imposed on pro|K'rt,y being transmitted by inherit- 

 ance, only in case of mutation by sale, or anything etpiivahmt to a sale, such as exchange. 

 Then to estimate the valno of that right, which wjis so variable, because <luring some 

 years there would be almost no mutalions in ;i Seigniory, wiiile during other years there 

 would be many, a rule was adopted by which the income of the Seigniory, from that 

 source, for It years, was taki'n, the two highest and two lowest years struck out, and the 

 ten other years lield to constitute nn average, and the amount, capitalised at (> i)er cent., 

 was to be pai<l. In that matter they were dealing with facts which could be tound in 

 till' Iwoks of the Seigniories ; it was not based upon what my learned frieiul, Mr. Dana, 

 has so well called the swimming basis ; while here the calculation is certainly surrounded 

 with mucli greater difficulty. Some of the fishermen have made only one trip in a-vear, 

 but it was their own fault, as they cotild have made two ami tliree. I have calculateci 

 on two trips a-year only, allhongli many have made tliree, aiul would have justified me 

 in adding a third to the amount per season. I remainetl witliin that medium where the 

 Latin proverb says that triitli <lwe|Ls. I linve given the calculations for mackerel. Here 

 is that for codfish : — 



Purcell, J). 198. lias known of 1,000, but does not stale whether ({uintals or barrels. 

 Bigelow, ji. 221. Siiring codfisheries on Western and La Have Banks, summer 



and autumn fisheries on the Grand Bank. They make from six to twenty 



trips in a year, with fresh cod. No c^uantity staled. 

 Stapleton, p. 226. Canglit (iOO quintals within 2^ miles of Prince Edward Island. 

 Baker, p. 269. Has seen 200 American vessels codlishing in one part, between 



Cape Oasjx' and K.iy Clialeur, each vessel catching 700 cjuintals. 

 Klvnn, p. 270. 700 (piintals per vessi-1, caught on Miscou and Orphan Banks, all 



the bait for which is caught inshore, and consist in niaekerel and lic^rring. 

 Lebrun, p. 2S<J. 700 to hoo (piintals, from Cape Cliatte to (iaspe, per vessel. 

 Roy, p. 293. Has .seen •J.'iO to 300 American vessels eodfishing. ^ 



Jolin McDonald, p. .174. 000 ipiintals. 

 Sinnett, p. 85. 'JOO draught.s, or (100 ipiintalB. 



