AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMI88IOM. 3123 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 



_ T fTt . . ,. Three thoiiMand, 4>:t.(ioo 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel caught within 3 miles of ahore, not iuelmlm - 



Magdalene Islands ................................. .^, jj,^* 



Average value of Vessels each ................... ' ^ '-,,', 



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



$1,000 for Bay trip. Average, 8 U>00 yearly 

 Average value of Insurance .............. 9 per et on Vernel ft Oatta 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wage* JMT mo. . . . 8H) 



Average value of Commissions, c. 



4 pr ct on gross stork about $L'(M) earb 



. 



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

 eluding expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on nhore. 



Appurtanences $22,000 kibor 8~<MH) J M T Anntim 

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



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits ....................... $|-%.INNI 



Value of Fish lost ........................................... $;.<.> 



Number of Lives lost ---- ........................... ...... Fifteen 



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



cwt .................................................... 75 cl* 



Total value of Mackerel taken, before curing, splitting, milting, &<.. per 



bbl ........... .................................. ..... ..... ti'.oo 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British .short** ____ None 



Total value of Mackerel do ................................... $4W 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



81."> No. 1812 No 2 H No 3 

 Average market value of Bay Mackerel ..... 811 No 1 87 No L' 8" No 3 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year ........... 82.VI 



Average amount paid in British ports tor bait, ice, and variotitt sup- 



plies .......................................... 8- ">0 to each veiutel. 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring ............. 8300 yearly 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages ............ 8'- r I*r year. 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs ........... ..... 81000 yearly 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Western, (Jeorges, and (Irand Hank 

 Locations frequented by American vessels tor Mackerel 



Long Island to Newfoundland 

 Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking . 

 Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken. . 

 Facts as to changes in location and mode of conducting American 



eries 



We have had no Vessels in the Bay of St. Lawrence H 

 no time in the last 7 years have our vessels that went flier 

 expenses, the privelege of fishing within three miles of 

 is of no value whatever Over one half of our Fishermen .ire 

 the Dominion employed by our Capital in our vw 

 maintainence therefrom, We consider the privelege o 

 vastly in excess of value of any concessions of shore tl 



D minioa SYLVKSTKR CUNNINGHAM 



WILLIAM THOMPSON 



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

 <-, . DAVID \N. l.0\\ 



