3116 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION 



No. 52. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, conposing the firm of Geo 

 Dennis & Co have been engaged in the fishing business for the past ten 

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

 has been in effect, our vessels have been employed as follows: 



No. of Vessels employed Eight 



So. of Trips -. 4 trips yearly Each Vessel 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence 



\S~2- 1 trip 18731 trip 18742 trips 18751 trip 

 No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 



93 Bis 94i 505, 80 Bis 



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

 ing Magdalene Islands None 



Average value of Vessels each 4000, 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c 600 each trip 



Average value of Insurance 200 9 per cts on Vessell & Outfitts 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages pc-r mo. 



forty Dollars 



Average value of Commissions, &c Three hundred Dollars 



Average value of Wharves, Fish-houses, &c., for curing and packing, 

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 



fifteen Thousand Dols 



Number of Vessels lost None 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits 

 Value of Fish lost 

 Number of Lives lost 



Total value of Fsh taken, before curing, splitting, salting, &c., per cwt- 



(50) fifty cents 

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



bbl Three Dollars 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores None 



Total value of Mackerel do " 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel ....,. Ten Dollars 



S16 $12 $8 

 811 $7 $5 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel Seven Dollars 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year 



Two hundred Dollars 



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



Each year Eight hundred Dollars 

 Amount paid to British fishermen 



for herring " Five " " 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages 



8 men forty Dollars per month 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs.. Twenty one hundred Dollars 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Western Bank. Grand Bank. 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Gulf of St Lawrence to cape May 



Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking nothing 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken " 



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

 eries 



Lines & Trawls & Hand lines are used for taking fish 



