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by their own showing, they prove just tho contrary. I repeat what I said yesterday, that 

 Mr. Davies capturcci that gentleman morally by his own confession. 



W'c will now turn to another portion of his testimony. I oaii your honour's atten- 

 tion to a statement put in by Major Low, at page 338 of his evidence, lie is asked by 

 Mr. Dana as follows : — 



"(,t. Hiivi' Villi ovi'v iiiuilc u|p iniy Hlatistics rijlative to tin- Hhoro ami yulf tisliiM-ies, Allowing tho 

 ilidViviiuo ItL'twccii till' .Vmciicuii slun-c lisluM-y iiiiil the (lul)' (if .St. I^wrciiiit: tishery ! — A. Yos, and tho 

 HliUcliii'iit in ;i,s I'cilliiw.s : — 



Namhfr «/ Fitliiii;/ ^'c*Vl/1 In, Onlf i</ St. Laimrtur Maekerel Fiiihunj and tin America,' 



Shore Miickrrtl Fishi'vij. 



ISii'.i. I'.i-t vcssela in ijiill', iivoi-.i},'!' i-iitcli JdlMiiirrels 



„ 151 .. iillHliciii- „ li22 



MiickiMi'l ciumlit liy iMiiii.s iiuil soiiHi KiwU'iii vi'M.tuU i>acki'il 



ill (lllillCt'StlT ... 



MiickiTi'l iii.^peclcil ill (iloiicester 



IST"'. ."'S vi!M.Sfl.s ill Ljulr. iiviTiigi.! catcli I'.U Uirii'ls 

 „ 117 ., Am. shore ' ,. 401) 



4ll,."i4(> Imrri'Is. 



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1'J.(I2S „ 



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■. ' .(ITS luinol.s. 



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" Tlic aviTii;,'!' ciiIlIi is liiiHCil on tin' avcni:,'!' cittcli of i i;^nty-lour vessels from seventeen liriiH in 

 IfitiO; iiiul tweiity-i'iiilit. ill liiiy iiml sixty-two vessels oil' Aiiu.'riciiii slioie IVoiii twenty linns in 1S75. 

 Tliese linns have iinne U'lter than the nst." 



1 desire particularly to call your attention to this extraordiii.iry statement. Tlicy 

 si'lcet as a specimen of the catches on tho American shore, not a scries of years, say 

 from 180!) down to the present time; but they sijicct l8(Ji>, which, according to the 

 evidence, was the worst yearol the tishery in the gulf, and IH?."), which lmp[)cned to be the 

 best year the American tishermen have had on their own coast, and put the statement before 

 this Commis-sioii as a fair average of the result of the two tisherics. Now, this man was 

 under oHth, wlieii this statement was put in, and if 1 can show you from his testimony that 

 he afterwards had to admit that it was not a fair way of sulniiittiii!,' the matter, and the 

 average was totally ddlerent, 1 say 1 am justified in ciiaracterizini: this piece of conduct 

 on the part of .Major Low as a gross allempl to deceive the C'ominission. 



Mr. Foster. — Major Low had made a collection of statistics in IS(ii) fjr the purpose 

 of a report, as Town ("lerli of (jiloucester, long before the Treaty was made, and wholly 

 without reference to it. in 1875 he made another, for the pm'pose of the Centennial, 

 both of them wholly aside from tiu' purpose of this investigation. Now, in seeking for 

 light, wo M)u;;lit from him only the statistics lie had made. .As to IW?.*) being the 

 best year on tmr coast, tliat is a very great mistake. If you will turn to Table 

 M, Appendix O. wliieh shows the number of barrels of mackerel packed and 

 inspected ill .Massachusetts, from LS.'iO to I87ti, you will perceive that 187*» was a very 

 IiikI year, and lar iiclow ls7(i and 1^74, and the shortest yi'ais. So the statement that 

 |H7:'i was selected its a good year is (luito out of the «ay. 



Mr. Thnnisnn. — In view of what I showed this mormn..; to be the con'.ents of 

 Appcndi.x (). 1 think Mr. Foster is very bohl to refer to it. 



Mr. Foster. — It shows that the catch in 187.0, even that of Uay Isi. Lawrence, was 

 a very small one. , 



Afr. ThonLsnii. — Let us see what Major F^w says about this table at page 38'.). 



Mr. /<V).v^•;■. — It is given at page 329. Four (|uesti()ns and answers contain an 

 e,\jilanation of how they were made up, only you do not happen to read them. Just read 



them. 



Mr. Tlinmson. — This i|nestion is put to Mr. Low by .Mr. Dana. 



'■t,i. Ill uiiliT llial tliu I 'oiiiniission niav iimlei^lainl ulielhi'i th( .«■ (Iloiiuesler uierchanU, when 

 making these statements here, ai'u i^iussin>; at what they say, or have ahsolule data to uo upon, and 

 know wliat lliey are alioiil ; yon have, a! uiir rei|ih^i, mule ,in exaniinali'in nf ihe Iioo'ks ,<( one nl' the 

 tiinis ' A. I ha\e exainiiieil the ImimUs oI' ihe ni..>; siuees.st'ill liriil eiiL;a'_'eil in IJii' 11 ly iiniekurol 

 tisher\ . 



"1^1 That is the liiiii 111' Ml, SU;i'le'-A. \ e^, I dhl (his o| lav :-e.i|-il. Iierailse I wiiliteil the 

 ( 'olMllllssinn to see !•■ . these hociks ill'e l<e|il. 



'1). Will Villi IHoiliue these lioiiks '--A I lili\.'l:ie ni|i Iioia, wlil-ll I h l\ e naiulieieil iini', lor 

 the veais siliie IS.iSuiliI I. Soil ; their pleMniis ii;i ik-i were iMiniel la llie ;^real lire at ( ilol|uC^I'■r ill 

 liSOl. 1 have th.; trip lidiiks fir the years cxteiniiii;.; Iroiii lH.'io to I -'i'l iie lii-:i\e, iiiiieleen ve its. ' 

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