Trip Expenses (Outgo) 



The trip expenses (generally-shared expenses) necessary in order 

 to get the landings listed above are given in table 3o 



In table 3, the market charges are 4 percent of the total value 

 of fish landed, and the replacement expenses for fishing gear are 4 

 percent of what remains after subtracting the landing charges „ The 

 parenthetical note "at legal prices" means that these are the expenses 

 in cases where it is possible to procure these items at the fixed 

 ceiling prices? and in the case of the ice, the transportation and 

 crushing expenses are added to the ceiling priceo 



Table 3o— Account of trip expenses for one yesur 



Market handling charges o <, » » . « o « « o $ 604o60 



Replacements for fishing gear oooo 580o41 



Fuel oil o o . . o o o o . . o o o o o o o o o o » o o « ■> 2j,511o37 (at legal prices) 



liUbrication oil oao«*ooooa«»«o«ooo 



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 XCe oooo*»oaoo90009oooooaooo»ooooo 



n I Ce O0O*OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-*OO 



Other provisions ooooooooati.o.oooo 

 Miscellaneous expenses , oooo. oooo » 



Next, for an explanation of the details of the rice, other provi- 

 sions, and miscellaneous expenses categories > the legal value of the rice 

 is figured on the basis of 5 £0_^o6 pints^ per man per day, which with 

 a crew of 28,3 men amounts to 83o69 to /^ bushel s/^ for a cruise of 59o5 

 days or 15,796 lbs„ for 6 cruises in the year„ which computed at a unit 

 value of lo81 cents per pound amounts to $298,, 19c Other provisions are 

 very hard to obtain, anything which can be come by being put aboardo 

 The 14 vessels investigated carried miso , shoyu^ salt, sauoe„ tea, 

 vinegar, curry powder j, cooking oilp konnyaku , dried plums, pickles, 

 daikon , cabbagOj, burdock, spinach,, edible seaweeds, sweet potatoes, 

 red peppers, etco , and the average expenditure per vessel per voyage for 

 these miscellaneous provisions was |63„00 which for 1 year would amount 

 to |378olO„ The miscellaneous expenses varied in types and amount for 

 each vessel, but in general they were for cotton waste^, light bulbs p 

 electrical equipment^ swabs, broomsj, sleeping matSp straw mats, chalky 

 putty, medicines, sandpaper, emery powder, wax, wire netting;, belt wax, 

 logbooks, dusters, eating utensils, navigational charts, deck brusheSj, 

 thermometers, scrubbing brushes^ small tools for the engine department, 

 paint, marine hardware, instrument repairs ^ and pre-oruise ceremonieso 

 The average miscellaneous expenses for 1 trip of one vessel were |119o20o 

 For a year this would amount to $715o35o 



Bait is a problemo When it caji be obtained at the legal prices, 

 frozen saury is 3o6 cents per poundo There are 3o5 fish per pound, 



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