3112 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Total value of Fish taken, before curing, splitting, salting, &c. per 

 cwt - 75c 



Total value of Mackerel taken, before curing, splitting, salting, &c., 



per bbl - - - - - - - 61-00 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores 000 



Total value of Mackerel do 000 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



No. 1. 816.00 No. '13 $12.00, No. 3 $8.00 

 Average market value of Bay Mackerel 



No. Is $12.00 No. 2s $7.00 No. 3s $5.00 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year $298.28 



Average amount paid in British ports for bait, ice, and various sup- 

 plies . . $100.00 each Vessell per year 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring $1700.00 per year for 2 years 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages 000 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs $25.00 per year per vessel 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Georges to Grand Bank, Labrador Bay St Lawrence 

 Location frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



From Cape May to Gd. Menan & Bay St. Lawrence 



Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking 000 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken 000 



Facts as to changes in location and mode of conducting American fish- 

 eries 



The Gloucester vessels fishing on Georges most of them used to give 

 up that branch of the business, commencing the last of May (nearly all 

 having given up by the last of June) and go to the Bay of St Lawrence 

 for Mackerel but since the failure of the mackerel fishing in the Bay of 

 St Lawrence a larger number follow Georges fishing through the year, 

 and others remain on this coast to catch mackerel, using seines instead 

 of hook & line Larger vessels are now used than formerly, and more 

 are engaged in the Grand Bank fisheries. 



PETER D SMITH SMITH & OAKES 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this eighth day of June 1877 

 (Seal.) DAVID W. LOW 



Notary Piiblic 

 No. 49. 



This is to certify, that the undersigned, composing the firm of Walea 

 & Allen have been engaged iu the fishing business for the past eight 

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

 called, has been iu effect our vessels have been employed as fallows : 



No. of Vessels employed Fourteen 



No. of Trips made Four hundred & fifty 



No. of Trips to Bay of St. Lawrence Five 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence Ten hundred & Forty 



Two bbls. 

 No. of Barrels of Mackerel caught within 3 miles of shore, not including 



Magdalene Islands Two hundred & Fifty bbls. 



Average value of Vessels each Six thousand dollars 



Average value of outfits, Salt, Bait, &c One thousand dollars 



Average value of Insurance Fifty-Two hundred dollars 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages per mo. 



Thirty dollars 

 Average value of Commissions, &c Three hundred & Fifty 



