2882 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



These figures give what our vessels caught. They don't give what we 

 purchased outside of what the vessels caught. 



Q. When you speak of the catch of your vessels, have they been in 

 the habit of buying mackerel here ? A. No. 



Q. But your firm has bought mackerel in Gloucester ? A. Yes. 



Q. Which has been the most profitable to your firm, the bay fishing 

 or the fishing of the United States shores ? A. On the United States 

 shores. 



Q. Have you any statement of the result there carried out the pro- 

 ceeds ? A. No. 



Q. Will you give me some illustration of the amount cleared by your 

 vessels on our shores ? You gave me one remarkable instance ? -A. 

 There was one schooner in 1874, I think it was. She cleared $8,000, 

 which was divided among the owners. 



Q. After the crew was paid ? A. After all expenses. 



Q. What did the sharesmen get that year ? A. The sharesmeu made, 

 I think, over 8900 each. 



Q. It was done within what time ? A. The latter'part of June, July, 

 August, and the early part of September. 



Q. Where was that mackerel caught ? A. The large part of it was 

 caught off Jeffrey's Bank, just in sight of Gloucester, something like 12 

 or 14 miles off. 



Q. How many barrels of mackerel realized that amount ? A. I think 

 somewhere about 1,400 or 1,500. 



Q. What was the quality ? A. Very fine. 



Q. You gave me the amount of the last haul that vessel made in that 

 year ? A. It was about 400 barrels in one haul of 10 days, I think. A 

 few barrels short of 400. 



Q. This was seining 1 A. This one vessel was. 



Q. Most of these catches on our shores have been made by seining ? 

 A. For the last four or five years, from 1872, the largest part has been 

 seining. 



Q. How many vessels had you in the bay this year 1877 ? A. We 

 had 5 go seining, and 4 of them were at one time in the bay. 



Q. Did those which went into the bay go equipped with seines and 

 hooks and lines? A. Yes. 



Q. Were they successful seining in the bay ! A. Not as yet. 



Q. Have you ever known cases of successful seining in the bay ? 

 A. No. 



Q. Can you give the catch of your own vessels in the gulf this 

 summer ! A. We have only had one home, I think, and she has packed 

 somewhere about 200 barrels ; and we have one on her way home, which 

 has about 100 sea barrels, and will probably pack about 90 barrels. 



Q. Have you heard from the third vessel ? A. We heard from the 

 two others, and they were reported having somewhere about 70 or 80 

 barrels apiece. 



Q. And they were both equipped with hooks and lines? A. Yes. 



Q. Were their fish in the bay caught by seines or by hooks ? A. I 

 should think that the larger part of them were taken with the hook. 

 The statement for the trip is as follows. 



Q. How many vessels had you in the gulf in 1876 ? A. One. 



Q. What did she do! A. Nothing; she only took 167 barrels. 



Q. What was the profit and loss resulting from that voyage ? A. 

 The loss on that trip was $369.96 to the owners of the vessel. The 

 statement for this trip is as follows: 



