3122 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Average value of Vessels each $6500. 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c .800. each trip 



Average val ue of Insurance > 9% on value vessel & outfit 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages per mo.. .$40. 



Average value of Commissions, &c $350. each vessel 



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

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor ou shore. $28000. 



Number of Vessels lost 5 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits * about 645000. 



Value of Fish lost 



Number of Lives lost 63 



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



cwt . 50 cents 



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



per bbl $1.00 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores, .nothing 



Total value of Mackerel do " 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel . $16 $12 $8 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel $11. $G. $4. 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year $250. 



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

 plies $200. per vessel yearly 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages $50. per vessel yearly 



Amount paid in British parts for repairs. $750. per year for past 6 years 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Georges, Browns, Le Have & Grand Banks 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



from Cape May to Gulf St. Lawrence 



Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking nothing 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken nothing 



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

 eries 



Hand lining has about given way to Trawls and Seines. The Bay of 

 St. Lawrence fishing for Mackerel has not proved profitable; it has 

 been gradually falling off for several years and vessels there do not now 

 pay expenses. One vessel there last year for 3 mos with 16 men only 

 packed out 09 Barrels. Our vessels pursue the deep water fishing on 

 the Banks bordering the Gulf Stream and outside the jurisdiction of 

 any nation. 



GEOKGE STEELE. 



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

 (Seal.) DAVID W. LOW 



Notary Public 

 No. 58. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, composing the firm of Cun- 

 ningham & Thompson have been engaged in the fishing business for the 

 past six years at Gloucester Mass and that since the Washington 

 Treaty, so called, has been in effect, our vessels have been employed as 

 follows : 



No. of Vessels employed Ten, (10) 



No. of Trips made Seven yearly to each Vessel 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence Ten from 1870 to 1874 



