2662 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



By Mr. Dana : 



Q. Turning to page 367 of your testimony, you will find the following 

 question and answer : 



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, as follows: 



Coat of a new schooner at Gloucester, Mass., in 1875, fitted for trawling halibut on the Banks. 



Vessel of 71 tons; cost 8,000. Vessel made nine trips to Western and Grand Banks, 

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



Trawl-gear $1,023 25 



Vessel's expense account 1,823 25 



Provisions, &c 1,426 03 



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



5,408 64 



Now, whose schooner was that ? A. Joseph O. Procter's. 



Q. Now, take the vessel's expense account, $1,825.25; is that taken 

 from P rector's own account ? A. Yes, sir ; he gave it to me. 



Q. It was not anything you made up ? A. No, sir. 



Q. Now, on page 374 the following questions and answers are re- 

 ported : 



By Mr. Dana : 



Q. Now, yon have here in this broadside the vessel's expense account, $ 1,825.25.. 

 Do they call that an expense account ? Is that the way they entitle it on the books 

 in making up the account ? A. No ; it is all put in one account. All the things for 

 the vessel are put in one account. These were separated for this special purpose. 



Q. Now, you take this expense account, what period of time does it cover ? A. 

 Three hundred and two days. 



Q. Now, what are the items of the vessel's expense account T A. They are as fol- 

 lows: 



Vessel, 71 tons ; cost, $8,800. Fitted for trawling halibut. 



TRAWL-GEAR. 



Twine $5 00 



8 baskets 6 40 



22 buoys 11 00 



20 buckets , 5 00 



46files 6 58 



l,4831bs. ground-lines 444 90 



346 Ibs. gauging-lines 410 72 



26 knives 15 60 



12 stones 75 



32 staffs 5 25 



360 Ibs. buoy-line 64 80 



4 doz. brooms 9 60 



52 gross hooks 109 20 



23 Ibs. lobster-twine 8 05 



5 dories 130 00 



Iron and copper tanks 1 27 



4 shovels 3 00 



Anchors 40 00 



Oars and scoops 47 13 



1, 023 25 

 VESSEL'S EXPENSE. 



Spun yarn >? 1- 



Parceling 23 00 



Leather . 11 29 



Jib hanks 1 30 



Nails 1 32 



Tinware, &c 79--50 



1 anchor lost... 48 96 



