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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  bringing 
  the 
  extra 
  prices 
  named. 
  Mackerel 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  weirs 
  at 
  

   Truro, 
  Mass., 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  November 
  19. 
  

  

  The 
  few 
  vessels 
  that 
  fished 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Saint 
  Lawrence 
  at 
  times 
  

   found 
  mackerel 
  very 
  scarce, 
  at 
  times 
  very 
  abundant; 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  

   small 
  and 
  of 
  poor 
  quality. 
  With 
  the 
  hopes 
  of 
  finding 
  larger 
  and 
  better 
  

   fish 
  soon, 
  the 
  vessels 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  forwarded 
  their 
  catch 
  by 
  rail 
  or 
  

   steamer 
  to 
  Boston 
  or 
  Gloucester, 
  the 
  same 
  selling 
  for 
  $2.12£ 
  to 
  $3.50 
  

   per 
  barrel, 
  frequently 
  not 
  bringing 
  enough 
  to 
  pay 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  barrels, 
  

   salt, 
  freight, 
  insurance, 
  and 
  commission, 
  not 
  mentioning 
  the 
  time, 
  labor, 
  

   and 
  expense 
  of 
  the 
  voyage. 
  The 
  crews 
  fishing 
  on 
  shares 
  in 
  many 
  

   cases 
  received 
  nothing, 
  and 
  the 
  vessels' 
  expenses 
  exceeded 
  their 
  gross 
  

   receipts. 
  The 
  catch 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Saint 
  Lawrence 
  by 
  40 
  vessels, 
  

   all 
  from 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  that 
  took 
  any 
  fish 
  in 
  those 
  waters, 
  aggre- 
  

   gated 
  20,033 
  barrels, 
  of 
  which 
  6,564 
  barrels 
  were 
  taken 
  within 
  3 
  miles 
  

   of 
  the 
  provincial 
  shore. 
  These 
  fish 
  were 
  mostly 
  No. 
  3's 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  

   proportion 
  of 
  No. 
  2's. 
  On 
  November 
  21 
  schooners 
  Spencer 
  F. 
  Baird, 
  

   William 
  E. 
  McDonald, 
  and 
  William 
  H. 
  Jordan 
  arrived 
  at 
  Gloucester 
  

   from 
  a 
  six 
  weeks' 
  cruise 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Saint 
  Lawrence 
  and 
  off 
  the 
  Nova 
  

   Scotia 
  shore, 
  none 
  of 
  these 
  vessels 
  having 
  caught 
  a 
  single 
  mackerel 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  entire 
  trip. 
  

  

  Vessels 
  from 
  Gloucester, 
  Mass., 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  ones 
  that 
  entered 
  pro- 
  

   vincial 
  ports 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  obtaining 
  barrels 
  and 
  supplies. 
  These 
  

   purchased 
  9,572 
  empty 
  fish-barrels, 
  valued 
  at 
  $7,425.95, 
  and 
  paid 
  in 
  

   addition 
  $9,759.05 
  for 
  provisions 
  and 
  $331.20 
  as 
  harbor 
  dues. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  3 
  vessels, 
  22 
  boats, 
  and' 
  7 
  seines 
  were 
  lost 
  and 
  4 
  

   fishermen 
  were 
  drowned. 
  

  

  American 
  mackerel 
  catch 
  for 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1835. 
  

   [Reported 
  to 
  tho 
  TJ. 
  S. 
  Fisli 
  Commission 
  by 
  W. 
  A. 
  Wilcox, 
  assistant.] 
  

  

  * 
  Including 
  $324,300 
  for 
  sail 
  and 
  barrels 
  and 
  $428,400 
  for 
  provisions 
  and 
  running-gear 
  not 
  shown 
  sep- 
  

   arately 
  by 
  ports. 
  The 
  amount 
  shown 
  in 
  I 
  lie 
  table 
  is 
  for 
  seines, 
  pockets, 
  and 
  boats. 
  

  

  