. 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. AWAHD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2235 . :5 90 . 5 00 538 il 02 30 J) 476 n 238 06 , 26 83 By Mr. Davies: Q. What position did you bold in Gloucester at the time of which you are speaking?—A. I was a packer and inspector of mackerel. Q. In Mr. Layton's firm f—A. No. Q. You had no connection with Mr. Lay ton's business ?—A. No, ex- cept packing his mackerel. Q. Was packing and inspecting fish a distinct bran
. 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. AWAHD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2235 . :5 90 . 5 00 538 il 02 30 J) 476 n 238 06 , 26 83 By Mr. Davies: Q. What position did you bold in Gloucester at the time of which you are speaking?—A. I was a packer and inspector of mackerel. Q. In Mr. Layton's firm f—A. No. Q. You had no connection with Mr. Lay ton's business ?—A. No, ex- cept packing his mackerel. Q. Was packing and inspecting fish a distinct branch of the fishing business, and had Mr. Lay ton no interest in it!—A. No interest at all. Q. These are your own books as a packer and inspector 1—A. At that time I was in the employ of D. A. Farkhurst as his clerk; he was inspector. Q. Is it the custom for men to inspect their own fish there ?—A. Yes. Q. When you get fish in from the bay, you inspect and mark them Ncl, 2, and 3?—A. Yes. Q. You put your own brand on. them?—A. The inspector inspects the mackerel from vessels in which lie is connected. Q. When your vessels come in from Bay St. Lawrence with mackerel how do you brand them ?—A. We brand them with a hot iron, Nos. 1, 2,3, and 4 according to the quality. Q. Do they appear by your inspectors to be bay mackerel or shore mackerel ?—A. They do not by the inspection. Q. You put them on the market rs Nos, 1, 2, 3, or 4, irrespective of where ,they were caught?—A. They are branded irrespective of where caught. Q. Do I understand you that you put them on the market in that way ?—A. The buyers usually inquire whether they are bay or shore, and buy accordingly, but nothing is branded on them which shows any (liflference. Q. Nothing on the barrels themselves?—A. No; nothing. Q. You have been inspector of mackerel yourself?—A. Yes; for 10 years. Q. Can you name all the different kinds of mackerel ?—A. I can name the different brands. Q. Name them.
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