5562. The fishermen, I understand, have nothing to do with fixing the price?-Nothing whatever.
5563. Have you ever cured your own fish?-No.
5564. Nor sold them?-No.
5565. Have you any reason to believe that the current price as fixed by the fish-merchants is not the fair value of the fish throughout the season?-Some of the fishermen think they don't get so much for their fish as they ought to get, but perhaps that may be a mistake on the part of the men.
5566. We are all apt to be a little discontented; but do you think there is any reason for that belief more than the natural tendency of the men to discontent?-I cannot say whether there is any real ground for that belief or not.
5567. You cannot tell any case in which you thought you got less for your fish than you ought to have got?-I could not mention any particular instance of that, because we never see the account of sales which the merchants make of the fish.
5568. Do you know when the fish sales take place?-I think it is some time about the month of November.
5569. How soon after that are you told what you are to get for your take?-When we come to settle, either on the last of November or the first of December..
5570. You heard the evidence of the previous witnesses: do you think it was generally correct?-I think it was very correct, so far as I know.
5571. Has your experience with regard to the system of dealing been the same as was described by them?-It has been the same as the last witness described.