AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



2907 



Witness hauded in the following tables : 



Schooner General Grant. 

 [Sailed June 8 ; arrived October 27, 1870 ; 4J months.! 



19 66-200 barrels mess mackerel, at $17.00 . $328 61 



118 36-200 barrels No. 1 mackerel, at 14.50 1,71361 



26 100-200 barrels No. 2 mackerel, at 7.00 185 50 



2 KM 1-200 barrels No. 3 mackerel, at 6.00 15 00 



1 57-200 barrels rusty mackerel, at 3.75 481 



8 barrels slivers, at 2.00 1600 



Bait sold on trip 29 00 



167159-200 2,29253 



EXPENSES. 



Packiug 167 159-200 barrels, at $1.75 $293 65 



31 barrels slivers, at $3.50 108 50 



10 barrels slivers, at 5.00 50 00 



10 barrels clams, at 4.25 4250 



3d barrels slivers, at 3.00 90 00 



22 barrels water, $3.30 ; 2 feet wood, $'l 4 30 



Tarring and scraping 10 00 



Water, James Bowie 1 35 



Hoisting 175 barrels 2 63 



Widows and orphans 4 22 



607 15 



17 men's shares 8o3 29 



Schooner's half 832 09 



2, 292 53 

 JOHN PEW & SONS. 



licta.il price of salt at Gloucester, from 1860 to 1877. 



1860 $2 per hhd. of 8 measured bushels. 



1861 2 



1862 2 



1863 2J 



1864 3f 



1865 6i 



1866 4J 



1867 4 



1868 3J 



1869 2| 



1870 2| 



1871 2| 



1872 2i 



1873 2i 



1874 2i 



1875 2 



1876 If 



1877 If 



18 49 



E..O. E. 



2.76 average price for 18 years. 



JOHN PEW & SONS 

 Gloucester, 



No. 74. 



GEORGE W. PLUMER, of Gloucester, Mass., commission merchant 

 and fish dealer, called on behalf of the Government of the United States, 

 sworn and examined. 



By Mr. Dana : 

 Question. You were born in Gloucester ? Answer. Yes. 



