2650 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



from 1858 to 1865 what the earnings of each vessel per mouth were. 

 A. They were 816,694. 



Q. Per month for each vessel ? A. For each vessel per month they 

 were $401.13. 



Q. Add up the value of the catch for that period. A. I did not add 

 it up, but I added the vessel's share up. 



Q. I am not asking you about that. I am taking the table and com- 

 paring one statement with another. I am asking you concerning the 

 result for each vessel, and I want to see what the vessels' earnings per 

 ^outh were. A. But that won't give it. 



Q. Yes ; you either have to pay one-half of what you catch or wages, 

 I do not care which ; the value of the gross catch is 8-25.238, and there 

 were 60 vessels, thus leaving $3,754 for each vessel for the season ; 

 and as the average trip was 3 T ^ mouths, that would leave 81,000 per 

 mouth bv my sum. Would this be the case or not .' A. The value of 

 the gross catch is $225,243.29. 



Q. And there are 60 vessels ? A. Yes ; that makes 83,754.55 for each 

 vessel. 



Q. You divide that by the average number of months, 3 T 8 5 ? A. I 

 take the whole time that they were engaged fishing. 



Q. What was the length of the average trip in the bay from 185S to 

 1865 ? A. Eighty-three days was each Vessel's average. 



Q. For what period of time ? A. From 1858 to 1365; and this leaves 

 898.80 per mouth. 



Q. You are wrong ; you say that you have $3,754 for each trip: now 

 what is the length of time that each season occupied ? A. 3.8 mouths. 



Q. Divide $3,754 by 3.8 and you will find that this will leave as close 

 as possible $1,000 a mouth? A. It leaves $998. 



Q. Now do exactly the same sum for the same time on the American 

 shore. I only put you these questions because you answered previously 

 that owing to the difference in the length of time, a fair comparison 

 could not be made between the vessels fishing on the American shore 

 and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Will you kindly read the catches and 

 make them up ? A. The explanation of the summary which I have made 

 up shows that the American shore fisheries realized less per mouth than 

 the bay fisheries. 



Q. I know, but I want to learn the amount exactly. The gulf fishery 

 realized $1,000, less $2, per month ; now what do you make the gross 

 catch for the shore fisheries? A. $12,713.20. 



Q. I make it $12,434? A. You will find that I am right. 



Q. Then the number of the vessels is 12 ? A. Yes. 



Q. What will this give for each vessel ? A. $1,059.43. 



Q. Take the average. length of time the average trip? A. They 

 were engaged in fishing for 19 months. 



Q. Dividing the number of the vessels into the results, what will it 

 leave you? A. $623. 



Q. So that the average catch per mouth of the vessels employed in 

 the American shore fishery from 1853 to 1865 amounted in value to $623, 

 while the average catch per month of the vessels engaged iu the Gulf of 

 St. Lawrence fishery realized 8998 ? A. Yes. 



Q. And the average value of the catch of the vessels engaged in the 

 gulf fishing for the same period of time was 8998 ? A. Yes. 



Q. This refers entirely to the table you have put iu with regard to 

 George Steele's vessels ? A. Yes. 



Q. You put iu another statement purporting to be a statement show- 



