AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. , 2607 



$9.275, for seining $10,525. She has to be provided with a seine and 

 seine-boats and dories, which come to $1,200, but she does not carry so 

 many men or use so much bait, which makes a difference in her favor 

 of 8325 against the $1,200 added, leaving a balance of $750 to be added 

 to the cost of a vessel fitted for hand-lining in order to tit her for seining. 

 Q. Now, can you give us a similar statement of the cost of a vessel 

 for trawling halibut on the Banks, made out in the same manner for 

 the Centennial ? A. Yes ; I have it. It is as follows : 



Coat of a neto schooner at Gloucester, Mass., in 1875, fitted for trawling halibut on the Bants- 



Vessel of 71 tons, cost $8,000. Vessel made 9 trips to Western and Grand Banks, be 

 ing at sea 302 days, with 12 men for crew, at the following expense, viz : 



Trawl pear $1,023 25 



Vessel's expense account 1,H22 25 



Provisions, &c 1,426 03 



General charges, ice, bait, salt, &c 1,135 50 



. $5, 408 64 



Q. Is that carpenters' measurement ? A. No ; that is new measure- 

 ment. 



Q. The carpenters build by their own old measurement, don't tbey f 

 A. Yes; they build by their own old measurement. 



Q. But this is the registered tonnage ? A. Yes. 



By Sir Alexander Gait : 



Q. I understand that this vessel cost $8,800, while the other cost 

 $5,500? A. This is 71 tons. 



Q. Well, there is only a difference of four tons between this and the 

 last you gave I A. I know that, but the $8,800 includes cost of rigging, 

 while the other is only the cost of hull. 



By Mr. Dana : 



Q. I suppose there is a difference in the style of building? A. We 

 can get vessels built cheaper down East than at Essex, and some at Es- 

 sex cheaper than others. Jt is according to how they are built. The 

 following statement shows the cost of a schooner fitted for cod and hal- 

 ibut fishing on the Grand Banks: 



Cost of a new schooner, in 1875, at Gloucester, Mass., fitted for fishing on Grand Banks for 

 'codfish and halibut, the fiali to be salted on board, fitted for four months' voyage, with 14 

 hands. 



Cost of hull, 77.24 tons $6,000 



Kiggiug 2,550 



G dories, fitted ready for use 168 



Trawls, 13,f>00 fathoms, fitted 607 



Knives 15 



Salt, 200 hhds . 400 



!<, 12 tons, for preserving bait 36 



\V.,t-r,60bbls 12 



Halt, 12,000 pogies, or herring 100 



Kiit-1 34 



Nippers, 2$ dozen pairs woollen 12 



Provisions .. 800 



Total cost of vessel, with outfits ' 10,734 



