2200 AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. Then you subtract from that what the mackerel sold for, which 

 leaves 812,581.87 ? A. Yes. 



Q. I see you have marked this, net stock ? A. Yes. 



Q. What is then to be deducted out of that ? A. Out of the vessel's 

 half is to be taken the cost of salt and provisions. One-half of the re- 

 sult goes to the crew, and then the cost of salt, and provisions, and run- 

 ning expenses of the vessel are to be paid. 



Q. Then you divide the $12,581.87 into two parts ? A. Yes. 



Q. And out of the vessel's part come certain charges, and out of the 

 crew's part certain other charges ? A. Nothing comes out of the crew's 

 part save the cost of packing. 



Q. Then one-half of the $12,581.87 is to be divided among the crew ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. What is to be paid out of the half which belongs to the vessel ? 

 A. Well, it will cost about $2,000 to run her, I guess. It would take 

 somewhere about that sum. 



Q. Before anything goes to the vessel ? A. Yes. It may cost more 

 some years, but that is about a fair average, I guess. 



Q. Then the expression, net stock, means the proceeds of the sale of 

 the mackerel less the cost of packing the mackerel and of the bait? 

 A. Yes. 



By Sir Alexander Gait : 



Q. I understand you to say that it costs about $2,000 to run the ves- 

 sel? A. Yes. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Q. What does the $2,000 which you estimate as the owner's ex- 

 penses consist of ? A. It goes for salt and provisions, and other things 

 which are required to run the vessel. 



Q. What is needed for this besides salt and provisions? A. You 

 have to buy some rigging and other things like that, which run up to 

 $300 or $400. 



Q. Taking out this $2,000 from the vessel's half, the rest goes to pay 

 the owner of the vessel for insurance and interest ? A. I do not know 

 about insurance ; the $2,000 might cover it all. I think that this covers 

 the insurance for four months some years. Advantage for this purpose 

 is taken of a mutual office, and the cost depends on the result. 



Q. Is that voyage, of which you have given us the particulars, one of 

 your best ? A. No ; I have done a little better than that sometimes. 



Q. Which voyage did you ever make which was better than this one ! 

 A. In the Battler, the last year, I made a better voyage. I then got 

 1,510 barrels. 



Q. Do you remember any other voyage which resulted better than 

 this one ? A. No ; I could not get the particulars of the other one men- 

 tioned, the man with whom I packed having gone away. He had given 

 up the fishing business, else I would have got the particulars of that 

 voyage. 



Q. I notice some catches on the United States coast which were pretty 

 satisfactory to the owners and all concerned : 



Schooner Seddie C. Pyle, Capt. Richard Warren, in 187], packed 1,070 barrels mackerel 

 caught off this shore in addition to 18,000 southern mackerel sold fresh in New York in the 

 spring. Her net stock for the year was $10,561.66. High-liner's share, 491.38 ; cook's 

 share, $708.52. Owned by George Friend & Co. 



A. Yes. 



Q. Would that be a correct statement of the voyage as far as you 

 know ? A. Yes ; that is correct. 



