. Award of the fishery commission [microform] : documents and proceedings of the Halifax Commission, 1877 under the Treaty of Washington of May 8, 1871. Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêches; Pêches. AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2729 iiiackeiel there, but when we got there we did not find any. I have lipard from tisherinen that they found fish there. (}, You never were in Bay Chaleurs ?âA. No. Q. You don't know anything about tlic fishing there ?âA. Xo. Q. 1)1(1 you try there in 1873!âA. We tried there. Q. AVliat did you catch there?âA. Nothing. Q. Did you ever try off Cape Breton shore ?âA. I ne
. Award of the fishery commission [microform] : documents and proceedings of the Halifax Commission, 1877 under the Treaty of Washington of May 8, 1871. Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêches; Pêches. AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2729 iiiackeiel there, but when we got there we did not find any. I have lipard from tisherinen that they found fish there. (}, You never were in Bay Chaleurs ?âA. No. Q. You don't know anything about tlic fishing there ?âA. Xo. Q. 1)1(1 you try there in 1873!âA. We tried there. Q. AVliat did you catch there?âA. Nothing. Q. Did you ever try off Cape Breton shore ?âA. I never tried along tlie north shore of Cape Breton. We tried at the Magdalen Islands and I'rince Edward Island. I understand you now refer to 1873. Q, You went to Margaree ?âA. Yes. {}, \'ou tried once and did not catch any ?âA. Yes, and went away to Magdalen Islands. By Mr. Dana: Q. Y'our meinorandum is made up for the bay voyages only ?âA. Yes. Q. When did you make it up; before you came here ?âA. I made a kind of memorandum at home and copied it when I came here. Q. Were you in the bav some time in 1855?âA. Yes. Q. Aud inl85G?âA. Yes. * Q. And in 1858 ?âA. Yes. Q. State what years you were in the bay.âA. In 1851 in C. C. Davis; 1S55, Racer; 1856; Belvidere; 1558, Sarat B. Harris; 1859, Treiitou; 1800, Trenton; 1802, Eoger Williams; 1873, Franklin S. iicliank. Q, Do you think that during these eight years you gave a fair trial to the inshore fisheries?âA. Y'"es. y. And you found them to be of little value; you tried them in va- rious waysâdrifting off sometimes, and anchoring and drifting off at I other times, according to the wind lâA. Yes. Q. And you know of no other way of drifting ?âA. Yes. No. Oi. John 0. Knowlton, fisherman, of Rockport, Mass., was called on be- [lialfof the Government of the United States, sworn and examined. By Mr. Foster: Question. Rockport is a town adjoining Gloucester, and in the same Imritime district?âAnswer. Yes. (}. How
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