AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2619 



Railway fee $15 00 



Rigger 47 00 



Blacksmith 60 00 



Carpenter 65 00 



Sailinaker's repairs 163 00 



Lumber for ice-house 43 00 



Insurance 539 00 



Commissions to skipper 465 00 



40 tons ballast 80 00 



Swivel gun 38 00 



Tarring rigging, &c 14 00 



1.823 85 



Q. Jib hanks are put in ; they are part of the original furniture ? 

 A. I know ; but they break some, probably, and have to be repaired. 



Q. You put in "Marine Railway"? A. Well, all the vessels iu Glou- 

 cester are painted on the Marine Railway. 



Q. How many have you in town ? A. Six. 



Q. They ar<f hauled up there for repairs ? A. Yes. 



Q. The insurance is for that period of 302 days ? A. Yes. 



Q. They are insured in a mutual fishing-office? A. Yes. 



Q. I believe it was explained that that mutual office was got np lv 

 fishermen and owners for their own benefit, and conducted on piiuciph-s 

 peculiar to themselves that were thought to be most beneficial. They 

 don't insure in the Boston offices ? A. No, not now ; the rates were too 

 high for them. 



By Sir Alexander Gait : 



Q. I understood this was an actual case for a particular vessel ? A 

 Yes; the name of the vessel is the Victor, belonging to Joseph () 

 Proctor. 



By Hon. Mr. Kellogg : 

 Q. Is the sum put in for insurance the actual sum paid ? A. Yes. 



By Mr. Dana : 



Q. Do you know how old a vessel she was? A. She was built in the 

 year previous. I don't know what time of the year. 



By Sir Alexander Gait: 



Q. This statement was prepared for the Centennial ? A. Yes ; it was 

 prepared for the Centennial, but we did not have room for it to go iu 

 the space we had at the time at our disposal, and therefore we had to 

 make the abstract which is contained in the printed broadside. 



By Mr. Dana : 



Q. You gave us your statement for the depreciation of the vessel ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. Did that include repairs ? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. You put them into the depreciation ? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Now, that is considering the depreciation of the vessel to be the 

 amount laid out on her from year to year for repairs. But there will be 

 a little more depreciation than that, would not there ? In point of fact, 

 is not the depreciation of the vessel a little larger than the amount that 

 would be required to repair her ? A. O, yes. 



Q. For instance, the substantial part of the ship, the hull from the 

 keelson all the way up, even if that does not require repairs, still if it 

 is of a certain number of years of age it will not sell as well as if new ? 

 A. No, sir. 



