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MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE 



10 March 1901] 



Mr. A. B. Capps. 



[Contimted. 



The Earl of Yarhorough. 



1612. You catch in your shrimp nets a great 

 man}' Terj' small fish, do you not ? — Not a great 

 man}' ; they catch a certain quantity. 



1613. Fish of the size of my thumb ? — Not so 

 small as that ; you very seldom see any so small 

 as that; you see them about three or four 

 inches long. 



1614. What are they ? — Dabs and small 

 plaice; and at chance times you find a few- 

 young soles, but during the summer months 

 they catch a certain quantity of small soles, or 

 perhaps on a shrimp boat in a day you catch ten or 

 15 pair of these small soles, and perhaps half a 

 basketful of small fish. I mean a small 

 basket. 



Duke of Abercorn. 



1615. Are the trawlers at Lowestoft owned by 

 companies or by private individuals ? — There 

 are no companies at all ; the}- are all owned by 

 private individuals. We have some companies 



Duke of Abercorn — continued, 

 connected wdth the drift fishing, but there are no 

 trawling companies in Lowestoft. 



1616. Can you tell me how it is that Lowestoft 

 is exempt from any fishery ordinance ? — The 

 inhabitants all along the coast have always 

 opposed it, and we have recently had an inquiry. 

 Mr. Fryer came down and held a private inquiry 

 amongst members of the trade and also the 

 fishermen themselves, and he found the opposi- 

 tion very strong, so that we thought that no 

 recommendation would have been made ; but to 

 our surprise we had a memorandum come down 

 from the Board of Trade in which Mr. Fryer 

 made certain recommendations as to legislation 

 to place us under a fishery district, which you 

 will find will meet with most strenuous 

 opposition. 



1617. In fact, 

 fish ? — We are. 



Lowestoft is in favour of free 



The Witness is directed to withdraw. 



Ordered, — That the Committee be adjourned to To-morrow, at Eleven o'clock. 



