AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. .'Jill 



Average amount paid iu British ports for bait, ice, and ration* nun. 

 Plies .............................................. $,100 pr venr 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring ...... .... $3000 * M 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages & shares 



at least $15,000 ready 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs 



Locations frequented Jby American vessels for Fish 



Banks off the American coast, Sable bank, Quero St. Peter.-* A: Orund 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



From Cape Henry to Bay of Fundy& occasion ally the Bay of 8L Liu 



Actual value of Fish iu the water before taking ....... * ....... No 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water before taken .......... No value 



Facts as to changes iri location and mode of conducting American Huh- 

 eries : Our Cod fisheries have been those of greatest value. We flh 

 for Cod on the Banks off our own shores, and the past ~> years have Kent 

 a large number to the Grand Banks. The latter as a business investment 

 has not paid. We market all the product of our fisheries in the United 

 States. There is no other market, of any value for Mackerel and none 

 for Halibut except our own. The opening of our market to the Provin- 

 cial fishermen is very injurious to us. as they pay no duties while all we 

 used is heavily taxed. The priviledge of their markets or their inshore 

 fishery is of no value compared to the priviledge of free entry to oar 

 markets. 



JOHN ,T PKW, 



for JOHN PEW & SON. 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this thirtieth day of June 1ST" 

 (Seal.) DAVID W. LOW 



Notary 1'ublic. 

 No. 48. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, composing the firm of Smith 

 & Oakes have been engaged in the fishing business for the past ten 

 years, at Gloucester Mass and that since the Washington Treaty, so 

 called, has been iu effect, our vessels have been employed ;us follows : 



No. of Vessels employed ................ ........ 



No. of Trips made ..... ........................ 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence ...... 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence. 

 No. of Barrels of Mackerel caught within ;5 miles of shore, u 

 Magdalene Islands ............. 



Average value of Vessels each ........ 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, & ...... 



Average value of Insurance. .$4:37."), or 9 peret on \ i-* 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' tune, vi/.., \v * JMJT mo^ 



Average value of Commissions, &c ...... 



Average value of Wharves, Fish-housc-s, &i: 

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors nd $ ^^ f ^ -tlT ^ 



Number of Vessels lost .......... , , 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits 



Value of Fish lost ............................. 



Number of Lives lost ........... ..................... 



