To the 12th interrogatory, he answers and says they have
the privilege.

To the 13th interrogatory, he answers the pilots, now own
four boats. He does not know when they parted with them and
for what reason.

To the 14th interrogatory, he answers and says forty-four
days, the longest and twenty-four hours, the shortest passage.

To the loth interrogatory, he answers and says, no foreign
vessel would come here without a pilot was provided at the
capes.

To the 16th interrogatory, he answers and says, twenty
years experience as a ship master to the latter part of the same
interrogatory, he answers, he thinks the present system less
beneficial to commerce than the old one.

To the 17th interrogatory, he answers and says, he does not
think that the number of pilots could be decreased without in-
jury to the commerce of Baltimore.

To the 18th interrogatory, he answers and says, he says he is
a ship master and not interested in any ship or vessel.

CROSS INTERROGATORIES.

The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th interrogatories waived.

To the 5th interrogatory he answers the passage of the bill
would protect commerce and save human life.

To the 6th interrogatory, he answers, he has no knowledge.

To the 7th interrogatory, he answers, he has never.

John H. Fret.

Henry Guyther, a pilot, sworn.

To the 1st interrogatory, he answers and says, he has ex-
amined statement (A.) and believes it to be a correct statement
of all moneys received for pilot license since the 1st of June,
1853, and that he files statement (B.) as a full and condensed
exhibit from the books of the association of pilotage from all
other sources received by the association since the 1st of Dec.
1856 to the 1st Feb. 1858, and statement (C.) as a detailed
statement of all sources of revenue except pilot license from said
1st Dec. 1856,

To the 2nd interrogatoy, he answers and says, that he files
statement C. as an answer to this interrogatory, except as to the
names of the vessels, the names of the pilots and the earnings as
to the time specified therein.

To the 3rd interrogatory, he answers and says, that statement
C. will exhibit the facts required by this interrogatory.

To the 4th interrogatory, he answers and says, there are four
boats, and they belong to the association, they did own five
June 1st, 1853, they disposed of one in 1855.

To the 5th interrogatory, he answers and says, be thinks the
law of 1853, does not protect them and that the compulsory
feature should be engrafted on the bill.