AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



:uoo 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



From Cape May to Gull of .St l..in-nr 



Actual value of Fish m the water, before taking notlmii; 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken. . 

 Facts as to changes in location and mode of conducting A uierimu 

 fisheries 



The Bay of St. Lawrence fisheries have not proved remunerative, or 

 paying, business our vessels have not paid their expenses coiiH-i|iienr'lv 

 we shall contiue our vessels to our own shores for mackerel and to the 

 Ocean Banks for Cod Fish. We shall send no vessels to Bay of St. 

 Lawrence this year. We use the British waters only to procure bait 

 and other supplyes 



W r H PERKINS GEORGE I'KIIKINS 



WM. H. PERKINS, JR. GEORGE H PEUKISS 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this thirty first day of May 1S77. 

 (Seal.) DAVID \V. LOW 



\otary Public 



PERKIN BROTHERS. GLOUCESTER MASS 



Account of receipts &c from trips to the Bay for the lai>t four I 

 years mostly caught at the Magdalenes 



1872 



Highflyer : 



159 bbls No. 1 $12.50 



47 

 2 



No. 2 

 No. 3 



1873 



73 bbls No. 1 

 68 " No. 2 

 61 " No. 3 



9.50 

 7.00 



11 

 9 



1874 



C. Campbell 



160 bbls No. 1 $12. 



3 mess 17 (labor) 



4 bbls No. 2 8 



C. Campbell 

 35 bbls No. 1 $12 



$1679.30 



35G.75 

 10.05 



$900.18 

 612.54 

 t:tt.l 



81601.35 

 57.23 

 29.22 



350.00 

 907.00 

 230.40 



,S2.3J 



115.20 



ff 11 23. 10 

 169.50 

 137.07 



$1332.90 



1026.10 



1600 



$2046 10 



70 



1.^1 97 



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