772 EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Two Of the men who bad the good luck in the herriug-fisheries to ex- 

 ceed the limits of the minimum share made a very good living, while 

 the others might console themselves over the moderate result ot the 

 herring-fisheries-obtained by their vessels-with the thought that their 

 total earnings amounted to a sum which they could only have gained 

 from the herriug-fisheries under very favorable circumstances. The 

 ^Tinter fisheries thus remunerated them in advance for the unfavorable 

 results of the later herring-fisheries. 



As soon as the combined fisheries yield steady results the managers 

 ^ill be able to pay such good annual wages that the best men will not 

 think of leaving them. During the first year only five months' wages 

 were paid: during the following year-and so on-one month more By 

 adding, therefore, about 20 per cent, to the above figures we will ge 

 the next minimum earnings, and by adding 50 per cent, more we would 

 aet near the maximum which can be attained. The wages shou d, there- 

 fore, in the future, if everything is managed properly, be as follows : 



^^^^ ' Herringfislieries. Winter fisheries. T^^'^^Vnn aa 



r. . • ^9m 00 to SCO 00 $137 05 to 200 00 $337 Oo to 500 00 



Captain .... $200 00 to 300 uu *i^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ 33^ ^^^ 



Sr:;:::: loOoSlolSoSo 87 05tol25 00 187 05to275 00 

 and in the same proportion for the rest of the men. 



The uninterrupted service of the herring-fishery association has more- 

 over another advantage, which the service on sailing vessels offers but 

 rarely : the men can twice a year visit their families for several weeks, 

 and besides this several times for a few days. It is but natural that 

 Tnder these circumstances the service meets with greater favor from year 



'"The Oldenburg has brought upwards of 50,000 pounds of fish into the 

 market from February to May, 1876. If the fisheries are established 

 Ta firm ba"s, and commence in the beginning of December, every ves- 

 el couTd 'rsii; catch double this quantity of fish, ^le-n ^'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 would therefore catch about one-half milbon kilograms of fish per year 



It would be very desirable, and would contribute greatly to make the 

 use of salt-water fish as an article of food more common in Germany, and 

 ^ould make them cheaper, too, if the association would as soon as pos^ 

 sible bring their fish into the German markets. So far, however, the 

 Hun, Grimsby, Yarmouth, and Lowestoft markets have offered greater 

 Advantages thL the German ones. The above-mentioned ports supply 

 the city of London, which is said to consume as much fish oysters, crabs, 

 &c as meat, on a large scale; the transportation by rail being organ- 

 fz d m the most perfect manner. In Germany, the salt-water fisheries 

 are looked down upon by the railroad companies ; in England and Scot- 

 land, the very reverse is the case. , . , , , i„ 



in most ot the English ports there are speeial docks in wh.eh hnndreds 

 of fisWng.yessels land early in the morning. Close to the water, open 

 balls hafe been bnilt on the quays which are nsedfor sortmg, cleaning, 



