AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2883 



SCHOONER GENERAL GRANT. 



1876. 



DR. 

 To outfit, viz 



7d h In 1>. salt ; 151 Ibs. Manilla ; 238 Ibs. sugar ; 68 qts. beans ; 85 Ibs. 

 dried apples ; 58 gall, molasses ; 13 gall, kerosene ; 68 Ibs. coffee ; 25 

 Ibs. tea; 54 Ibs. lard; 191 Ibs. butter; 1 bbl. pork; 8 doz. mackerel 

 lines; 18 bbls. flour; 6 bbls. beef; 2 feet wood, and other siml'r stores, 



etc $663 91 



162yds. $2O. C. duck, at 31c 50 22 



Coal 12 75 



Towing,$4; railway bill,$27.90 31 90 



Blocks, etc., $5.55 ; si ores, etc., in bay, $42.30 47 85 



Expense on trip, $20.67 ; skippersLip, $66.06 87 23 



Railway bill, $22.75 ; anchor, etc., $2.30 25 05 



Blarksmithing, $9.14 ; rigging, $20.85 29 99 



Calking, $7.25 ; sailinaking, $194.58 201 83 



Tinware, $17.03 ; painting, $56.09 75 12 



Spanuaker's bill, $8 ; teaming, $11.83 19 83 



1,245 68 

 CR. 



By flour sold on trip $30 00 



Share of trip 832 09 



Sundries (split wood, tar'g and scraping, etc) 13 63 



Loss on trip 369 96 



1,245 68 



Q. In making this up, did you include anything for the captain of the 

 vessel f A. Yes. We make up the loss as is done in corporations ; that 

 is, the captain, whether interested or not in the vessel, has his share and 

 wages, which are always charged in. This is a separate account from 

 that of the voyage, altogether. 



Q. When you say that a vessel has lost so much, do you include in 

 this loss, interest on the cost of the vessel ? A. No. That simply in- 

 cludes the cost of running the vessel for the trip, with regard to outfits 

 and outstanding bills. 



Q. Is insurance included ? A. No. We never insure save very little. 

 . We cannot afford to do so. 



Q. What number of vessels had you in the bay in 1875 ? A. Two. 



Q. What number of barrels of mackerel must a vessel take in order 

 to make a voyage to the Gulf of St. Lawrence paying ? A. Do you mean 

 for a vessel not employed in other fishing ? 



Q. Yes. If you decide to send a vessel to the gulf, how many barrels 

 must she bring home in order to make the trip profitable ? A. That 

 would vary some. I have known vessels that got 600 barrels which did 

 not pay their bills ; and then I have known vessels which got 300 barrels 

 that did pay them ; I should think that it would take about 400 barrels 

 to pay the bills of a vessel. 



Q. Without any compensation to the vessel owners ? A. That would 

 be before the vessel paid any profit as a vessel. 



Q. What is that reckoning the mackerel to sell for? A. Well, ones 

 would have to sell at $15, twos at $10, and threes at $8 $7 or $8, or 

 thereabouts. 



Q. Generally speaking, how much value do you attach to all the fish- 

 eries in the Bay of St. Lawrence as a business to be pursued I mean 

 the fisheries anywhere off the British coast f A. I do not think that any 

 ; of them are of any value at all. 



Q. Which costs the most the mackerelers that go into the gulf or 



