AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2605 



Average price of fisb 16 46-100 cents each. Cook has average share, and half his fish 

 pays oiie share of all expenses. 



Sailed for George's Bank August 7, 1875. Arrived at Gloucester August 20, 1875 

 (absent 13 days). 



18.805 Ibs. large cod, at 2 5-8 493.63 



6,500 Ibs. small cod, at 1 5-16 85.31 



260 Ibs. pollack, at 5-8 1.62 



194gal. livers, at 15 29.10 



Cash for sword-fish 4.75 



614. 41 



485 (less heads) =417 Ibs. white halibut, at 6 25. 02 



242 =208 Ibs. gray halibut, at 3 6. 24 



145. 68 Gross stock. 

 Less stock charges 71.61 



2)574. 06 Net stock. 



287. 03 Amt. vessel or crew's share. 



Ledger page. Crew's names. Net sliarei, 



386 Edwin Flagg 20.36cr 



415 James Madden 26.57 pd- 



406 Thomas Kelly 25. 56 pd- 



456 Edward O'Neil 22.52pd' 



415 Dauiel Donahue 18.99pd- 



415 John Egan 20.77 pd- 



392 Nicholas Johnson 19. 97 pd- 



392 Axel Olson 20.08pd- 



435 John Lewis 30. 06 pd- 



441 David Kennison 24.29 pd 



No acct. John Brien, cook 45.44 pd- 



Milk 3.50pd. 



Scraping and tarring 5.00 



Water 2.40 



Wood 50 



Balance . 2 



287.03 



This trip or voyage was copied from " trip book " of George Stele, of Gloucester, Mass., 

 George F. Winter, bookkeeper, to show the method of settling the .voyage of a George's 

 Bank fishing- vessel. 



Abbrevia> ions and other terms used are explained in parentheses thns ( ). 



Attest. 



DAVID W. LOW. 



. In the Georges fishing each man's halibut, when he catches them, are 

 marked either, on the head or the tail with his private mark. The 

 codfish are thrown together, but each one cuts out the tongue and throws 

 it iuto a bucket. Then the skipper counts them up at the end of the 

 day and sets down a memorandum of how many fish each man has 

 caught. The halibut are landed and weighed, and each man is credited 

 with the number of fish he has caught iu detail. 



By Hon. Mr. Kellogg : 



Q. That identifies the halibut, but how are the cod identified ? They 

 may vary from two to twenty pounds? A. They make an average. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Q. What was the number of the crew in that trip ? A. Jftne hands, 

 I think. 



By Sir Alexander Gait : 



Q. I want to ask you one question. I see this vessel took 40 barrels of 

 bait, and was out only thirteen days. Could she possibly use that ? 



