250 SEA FISHERIES 



dispute, between the syndicate (union) of the shipowners 

 of Saint-Malo and the syndicate of the Newfoundland 

 in scripts : 



ART. 12. For the determination of all wages the cod, 

 whatever its size, shall be taken as thirty quintals the 

 thousand. 



The sale price of roes and oils and all products 

 whatsoever will be added to the total from the sale of 

 the cod, subject to the deduction : (i) in the case of oil, 

 of the allowance of the curer ; (2) in the case of cod, 

 of the discount and commission customary at the port of 

 delivery, according to the invoice ; (3) in the case of bait, 

 of its cost price. 



(On the thousand of cod, reckoned at thirty quintals 

 per thousand, will then be paid to the crew of each dory, 

 upon the thousands caught by that dory, seven francs 

 per franc of net sales per quintal). 



ART 13. Wages on the basis of 20 fr. per quintal are 

 determined as follows : 



The captain or master-fisherman, i fr. 50 per quintal 

 of cod (about is. id. per cwt.). If the fishery is con- 

 ducted by the master-fisher, the wages of the captain will 

 be deducted from those of the master. 



The second in command (whether on shore or at sea) 

 130 fr. (5 <s.) per thousand fish, reckoned on the average 

 of all the dories. The salter is paid 9 fr. (73. 2jd.) per 

 thousand fish on the total catch, and 6 fr. (45. Qjd.) per 

 hogshead of oil. Apprentices are paid 3 fr. (25. 4'8d.) 

 and boys 2 fr. 50 (25.) per thousand fish on the total 

 catch. 



The master and the mate, if there is one, will receive 

 complementary payments of i fr. and 50 centimes re- 

 spectively per thousand fish on the total catch. 



The dory hands will receive 140 fr. ($ 145.) per 



