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AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Schooner Pharsalia. 



5 tons ice, at $3, from Webster (bought in Gloucester 



for keeping bait) $15 00 



1 ton ice at St. Peter's, at 3.50, gold, at 1.15 (valne 



of $1 in United States currency) 4 03 Cr. Keene (master. 



5 tons ice at Burene, at 15, gold, at $1.15 ($3 gold 



per ton) 17 25 Cr. Keeue ( master .) 



2& tons ice at St. John's, at $21.50, gold, at $1.15 



($10 gold per ton) 24 73 



5^ tons ice at Arichat, at 16.50, gold, at $1.15 (3 



gold per ton) 18 98 Cr. Keene. 



65 barrels bait at Fortune Bay, at $30, gold, at $1.15. 34 50 Cr. Keene. 

 55 barrels bait at Fortune Bay, at $55, gold, at $1.15. 63 25 Cr. Keene. 

 13 barrels caplin, at St. John's, $3.50, gold, at $1.15.. 4 03 Cr. Keeue. 

 20 barrels herring, at St. John's, $20, gold, at $1.15.. 23 00 Cr. Keene. 

 12 pairs nippers, at 60 cents (worn on hands in fish- 

 ing) 7 20 



Widows' and orphans' fund (i of 1 per cent, off gross 



stock) 7 00 



5 butts for oil, at $3 1500 



5 iron-bound barrels for oil, 12.50 12 50 



Gauging- fee on oil, 75 cents; 2 hogshead tubs, $? .. . 7 75 

 Wharfage, St. John's, 1.15; consul's fees, St. Johns, 



3.18 4 33 



Entering and clearing at St. John's, $4.60 460 



Commissions on bait-money at St. John's, $11.62 11 62 



P >rt charges paid by Keene at St. Pierre, 5, gold.. . 5 75 

 Light dues paid by Keene at Fortune Bay, 17.54, 



gold 20 17 



Telegram paid by Keene to Arichat, 63 cents gold 73 



2)301 42 Stock charges. 



1 stock charges 150 71 



Chronometer hire 12 00 Cr., Sept. 10, 1875. 



4 dozen condensed milk 14 00 



Towing, May 26, 1875 5 00 paid Aug. 19, 1875. 



Labor on ballast 23 50 



Gun, $2.50; caps, 60 cents; powder, 4 7 10 



Tarring rigging 6 00 



Ehv ell, medicine chest 500 



1.500 barrels (gallons) water here 7 50 



2 feet wood, sawing and splitting 1 00 



Water at St. John's 4 3' 



Water paid by Keene (master) 64 Cr. Keene. 



12)236 82 Crew's expenses. 

 Share of expenses 19 74 (for each of crew.) 



This copy was made from the trip-book of George Steele, of Gloucester, Mass. 

 George F. Winter, bookkeeper, to show the method of settling the voyage of a " Grand 

 Banker " that used fresh bait wholly. Abbreviations and other matters are explained 

 in parentheses, thus ( ). 



Attested. 



DAVID W. LOW. 



Q. Our men use nippers with their lines ? A. Yes ; and some of the 

 bands are marked three-quarters, and some one-quarter; those are boys 

 who pay only that proportion of the crew's charges. 



By Sir Alexander Gait : 



Q. What is the meaning of gross expenses, $80.11, following the 

 men's expenses in the book f A. That is the amount of those expenses 

 on that side ; several items which go to make up the sum total are , 

 thus included. 



Q. Nothing is said about provisions ? A. No ; the cost of provisions 



