7050. You don't go to the fishing now?-No; I have not gone for the last three years. I am too old.
7051. For whom did you fish when you were at it?-The last time I was at the fishing it was for Mr. Anderson.
7052. Had you generally a balance in cash to get at the end of the year?-Occasionally.
7053. Was there oftener a balance to get, or a balance against you?-There was oftener a balance to get if the seasons turned out good, or if anything occurred to make them good; but when anything took place to render the season a bad one then there was something due and it was put against me.
7054. When you were in debt to Mr. Anderson, was there any necessity for you to engage to him for the following year?-No.
7055. Might you have engaged to anybody you liked?-Yes. I had my freedom; there was no compulsion.
7056. Did you generally engage to him?-Yes.
7057. Was there any other person to whom you could have sold your fish?-Yes; provided it had been necessary for me to have done so; but I saw no occasion for it.
7058. You never wished to do that?-No; not in the least.
7059. Do you think it would be any advantage to the fishermen to have a price fixed for their fish at the beginning of the season, so that they might know what they were to get?-In some seasons it might be, but with the fall and rise in the markets it is so uncertain. It might be a gain or it might be a loss; they could not tell until the time came for settlement.