4C Of the Herring Fisher}/. 



gutting, salting, packing, &c. : 4thly, of the different sorts 

 and appellations of herrings, which make an article of 

 commerce : 5thly, of the inspectors and overseers of this 

 commerce. 



The vessels employed in this fishery are, time out of 

 mind, called huizzen. The English use a kind of vessels 

 carrying from 60 to 70 tons. The Dutch vessels are from 

 25 to 30 lasts, some are 40, but seldom so much. Each of 

 these has ten, twelve, or fourteen men aboard, 'who are 

 hired at so much per week, except the steersman, who re- 

 ceives five florins for each last of herrings. The crew re- 

 ceive, over and above their pay, a present of herrings pro- 

 portioned to the take, which present is the only wages of 

 the younger part of the crew or apprentices. A Dutch 

 fishing smack costs new about nine thousand florins; the 

 costs of fitting for two voyages are about six thousand 

 tiorins, and for three voyages, about eight thousand. Mr. 

 Semeyns computes the expense of fitting out a vessel of 60 

 lasts (including prime cost) to amount to 7,530 florins, to 

 make three voyages in the course of a year. 



Here follows an accurate list of ail the vessels sent out 

 yearly, from 1 763 to 1776, on an average of thirteen years. 



1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 11^9 



144 160 160 149 150 149 140 

 Besides jaagers 13 15 17 17 17 17 20 



1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 



149 153 149 168 165 154 176 



Jaagers, 20 20 23 20 20 



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