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The Chairman. No; I want you to answer the question and you 

 can explain afterwards. 



Mr. Clark. Well, I confess that I do not understand. That is a 

 suppositious case, and it doesn't seem to me possible for me to make 

 a direct answer to it. 



The Chairman. You know the London classifications, do you not ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes; I do. 



The Chairman. And you know that some are large pups and some 

 are small pups and some are extra small pups, do you not ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes. 



The Chairman. And it depends on the different sizes of the skins, 

 does it not ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes. 



The Chairman. They do it according to the sizes ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes. 



The Chairman. But that depends upon the different sizes of the 

 skins, does it not ? 



Mr. Clark. Yes. 



The Chairman. They do it according to the sizes. 



Mr. Clark. Yes. 



The Chairman. Now, if the extra small pups and the small pups 

 were recorded as being 2 or 3 years old in the Bureau of Fisheries, 

 then there is an inconsistency in that, is there not ? 



Mr. Clark. They are not, to my knowledge 



The Chairman (interposing) . But if they are ? 



Mr. Clark. Of course, we will admit that if they are, then there is 

 some mistake. 



The Chairman. And you depended only on the weights of the 

 skins? 



Mr. Clark. Oh, I have before me both the London and the island 

 weights, and they do not disagree. 



The Chairman. Is that for 1909? 



Mr. Clark. For 1910. 



The Chairman. How about 1909 ? 



Mr. Clark. I do not know. 



Mr. Watkins. As I understand the witness, he says both weights. 



Mr. Clark. I said the London and the island weights agree for the 

 catch of 1910. 



The Chairman. No, but you said a while ago that they do it by 

 size and not by weight, and here you say you do it by weight. 



Mr. Clark. Yes, but the London people have to supply us with 

 weights to interpret their sizes. That is the point that is controlling 

 me. All that I know of the London size is obtained from the report 

 which the London firms made at the time of the Paris Tribunal of 

 Arbitration, containing the trade designations. Might I have the 

 opportunity to develop this question from my report where I dis- 

 cussed the matter? 



The Chairman. I think you have answered the question, but what 

 do you want to say further? 



Mr. Clark. The London standard of weights is given at page 917 

 of volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Paris Tribunal of Arbitration. 

 You know the London designations are trade designations for small 

 pups 



The Chairman (interposing). Is that 1910? 



