AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2603 



Packg. off. 



24 barrels, 195 pounds mess No. 1 mackerel, at 20 $499 50 



7 barrels, 100 pounds mess No. 2 mackerel, at 12 9000 



lf>6 barrels, 102 pounds mess No. 1 mackerel, at 1(5 2, 504 16 



37 barrels, 100 pounds mess No. 2 mackerel, at 12 450 00 



226 97 3,543 66 (grs. stock.) 



Less stock charges 415 56 (net stock.) 



2)3, 128 10 

 1,564 05 



Mess-inackerel are mackerel with heads and tails cut off and scraped, losing in 

 weight 26 pounds on the barrel by the operation, but increasing the value of the mack- 

 erel. 



Crew a names. ^ 



438. William Crawley $115 40 



291. John Hickey 115 40 



438. Thomas Crawley, i- 78 48 



450. John Murphy 50 38 



453. John Collin 76 59 



291. Maurice Hickey, } 60 58 



452. Michael Coughlan.i 41 91 



452. Allan Cameron 118 56 



451. Timothy Kelley, i 4813 



49. Thomas Green 92 46 



478. Joseph Goslin, jr 78 99 



451. Lauriana J. Dias, cook 190 50 



452. Charles Cantrell 79 87 



452. Nicholas J. O'Brien 102 08 



431. James Dooley 112 12 



330. Michael Murray 106 30 



317. John Barrett 42 47 



Milk,$14; ballast,75 cents 14 75 



Towing, $5; fly-jib, $8.10 13 10 



Sails, $3; scrp. and tarr.,$8 11 00 



Medicine-chest, $6.20 ; hoisting, $4.50 10 70 



Water,$3.20; wood,$l 4 20 



Balance.. 8 



1,564 05 



The difference between skipper's account and wharf accannt is explained as follows : 

 The skipper or master keeps account as the different catches of his crew are weighed 

 off. If the account of the packed barrels, after they are rolled out on the wharf, dis- 

 agree with the skipperV, the value has to be charged or credited in gross stock, as it 

 falls short or overruns. 



This "bay trip" was copied from Trip Book of George Steele, of Gloucester, Mass. 

 George F. Winter, bookkeeper, to show the method of settling the voyage of a mack- 

 erel catcher. Abbreviations and other terms used are explained in brackets, thus (). 



Attest: DAVID W. LOW. 



The mess-mackerel are mackerel with the heads and tails cut off, and the mackerel 

 scraped; losing in weight 26 pounds on the barrel, but increasing the value of the 

 mackerel. 



Q. There is an item for difference between skipper's account and wharf 

 account. How much was it on that voyage? A. $6. 



Q. What does that mean? A. It means this: In weighing out the 

 mackerel the skipper keeps an account of the weight of each man's lot, 

 and when the mackerel are rolled out on the wharf, if there is a discrep- 

 ancy between the actual weight of it as rolled out and the footings of 

 the skipper's account, of course they don't know on which one of the 

 crew it comes j so it is put in the gross stock account and divided among 



