[33] PLAN OF INQUIRY FOR FISHERY CENSUS. 35 
69. What is the average annual and daily catch to aman? 
70. Is this greater or less than in former years ? 
71. What would be a large catch for one man now and twenty years 
ago? 
72. Are seines ever used in your vicinity to eatch cod? 
OFF-SHORE FISHERIES. 
73. How many vessels from your vicinity are engaged in the off-shore 
and bank fisheries; what is their tonnage, rig, and cost? Can you give 
their names ? 
74. How are they owned and fitted out; what proportion of cost of 
outfit is borne by owner, captain, and crew, and what share of the re- 
turns? Describe the kind of “lay” customary. 
75. How many men do they carry? Are there any officers besides 
the captain? What proportion of the fishermen are foreigners? Are 
the men paid wages? | 
76. What banks do they frequent, and at what seasons? 
77. What is the average length of a voyage, and how many voyages 
in a year? 
78. At what depth do they fish? 
79. Do they use hand-lines or trawls? Describe the length of these, 
and the manner of rigging and setting. 
80. What bait do they use at different seasons; where and how do 
they get it? If they buy it, how much does it cost? How much do 
they take on a trip, and how do they stow it? How long do the differ- 
ent kinds of bait last? . 
81. How much salt and ice do they carry? Where do these articles 
come from; how much do they cost? 
82. What would be small average and large returns for a vessel for a 
voyage, and fora year? Estimate in the same way fora single fisherman. 
83. Is the number of vessels engaged in this fishery greater or less 
than it was five, ten, twenty, thirty, and forty years ago? 
I.— Products and fisheries. 
84, What quantity of fresh cod is annually brought to your place? 
What is its average price? What proportion is brought in vessels 
engaged in the off-shore fisheries? 
85. What quantity of cod is iced for shipment to other places?) Where 
is it sent to? 
86. What are the principal markets for salt cod? Do the owners of 
the vessels dry them, or are they dried by merchants who buy them 
from the vessels? What is the usual, price of salt cod; does it vary 
much? 
87. Are any packed in drums or casks? 
88. Are the livers saved? Describe the process of making oil; how 
much is usually obtained by one vessel during a voyage or year? 
