AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3121 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., \vce IHT mo *r, 

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



Average value of Wharves, Fish houses, &c., for curing and" packinc 

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors ami lalmr on short- ^-JTinV. 



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



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits ......... ... *-O) 



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



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



Total value of Fish taken, before curing, splitting, salYing/Ac. per 



cwt ................................................. f o 



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



bbl ......... ................. .......... . ..... ................ w 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores ..... none 



Total value of Mackerel do ......... .......................... |300 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel .......... . ! . . .fl'J 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel .................. $7 per ltt>l. 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen |>er year ____ $4uo |n?r man. 



Average amount paid iu British ports for bait^ ice, and various imp- 



plies .............................................. $! so per Trip. 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring .................. ti:UM) 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages 



$87.")0 for uiackl. caugh Bay St. Lwrenr*. 

 Amount paid in British ports for repairs ............. . ....... fi'.'HW 



Locations frequented by American vessels for fish 



none in Bay of St. Lawrence. 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



P. B. Island Magdalene Is C. B. I*. 

 Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking ............ no value. 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken .......... no value. 



Facts as to changes in location and mode of conducting American fth 



eries 



Before the year 1871 the Bay of St. Lawrence was some lenent to 

 Gloucester Mackerel Fishermen, but since then the mackl have been 

 more plenty on the American Coast, therefore the Glou mackerel ves- 

 sels have been growing less in no every year that formerly engaged in 

 the Bay of St. Lawrence mackerel fishing and have tended the Amer- 

 ican coast with seines for mackerel. We consider Fishing in the Bay of 

 St. Lawrence of no value. 



SAML LANE ) SAML LANK & BKO 



GEO. E. LANE 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this first day of JUMP 1*7! 

 (Seal.) DAVID W. LO 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, com|>osin>r tin* firm oMJe 

 Steele have been engaged in the fishing business for the pas 

 at Gloucester Mass and that since the Washington ire* 

 been in effect, our vessels have been employed as foil 



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 3 miles of 

 ing Magdalene IslaiMls . ........ 



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