2238 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



the two vessels you take the amounts from ? A. In order to form a 

 correct judgment on these matters, you must have sales of. mackerel on 

 the same day. 



Q. Were those you gave sold on the same day ? A. No. 



Q. Then the difference in price might have arisen from the mackerel 

 having gone up ? A. Yes ; I have said the price of mackerel varies 

 from day to day. 



Q. Give two cases from your book ? A. On October 17, 1866, Sarah 

 Elwell, 146 barrels, $18 per barrel. October 20, Eastern Clipper, 26 

 packed barrels, $18.50. They were in both cases caught on our shores. 



Q. Can you give the price obtained for bay mackerel about that 

 time? A. November 5, 1866, H. M. Woodward $18 per barrel. That 

 came from the bay. 



Q. The rise and fall of the market has something to do with the 

 price ? A. It has everything to do with it. 



Q. In regard to the information you gave about packing, did I under- 

 stand you to say you charge $2 a barrel for packing ? A. Yes. 



Q. That is charged against the vessel ? A. That is charged against 

 the mackerel. 



Q. Has the ship-owner anything to do with it ? A. He has nothing 

 to do with that. 



Q. If a firm of ship owners send out three or four vessels, have they 

 not the mackerel packed in their own establishment? A. Yes; when 

 they pack their own mackerel, but they sometimes pack for other peo- 

 ple. 



Q. I am supposing that a firm send out three or four vessels, do they 

 not generally pack their own mackerel ? A. Certainly. 



Q. They charge $2 per barrel against the mackerel ? A. Yes. 



Q. What is that charge composed of ? A. It includes barrels. 



Q. How much do barrels cost ? A. The price varies according to the 

 market value, from 50 to 89 cents, I suppose. I know one year $1 was 

 paid. 



Q. What year was that ? A. It was paid by Rattler in 1865. 



Q. What has been the average value of a barrel ? A. During the 

 last seven or eight years it has been about 90 cents. 



Q. What are the other items ? A. Another item is salt. 



Q. How much does salt cost per bushel ? A. $1.50 a hogshead at 

 Gloucester. At that time, 1865, I know salt was $6 per hogshead. 



Q. How many barrels of mackerel will a hogshead pack ? A. We put 

 half a bushel of salt in a barrel. 



Q. What was the duty on salt then ? A. I don't know. 



Q. How many bushels are there to a hogshead ? A. Eight. 



Q. When salt was $6 per hogshead, that would be 30c. per barrel ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. Is there a drawback on salt used in that way ? A. There was no 

 drawback at that time. We paid a duty at that time. 



Q. There is a drawback now ? A. Yes. 



Q. What else is there ? A. We cull and salt the mackerel. 



Q. That is labor ? A. Yes. 



Q. Does not the $2 per barrel for packing and salt leave a very hand- 

 some profit ! A. It leaves a profit or we would not carry ou the busi- 

 ness. 



Q. Does it leave a handsome profit? A. I don't know your definition 

 of the word " handsome." 



Q. 1 will omit " very." Does it leave a handsome profit ? A. It 

 leaves a profit. 



