3124 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



No. 59. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, composing the firm of Dennis 

 & A.ver have been engaged in the fishing business for the past twelve 

 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 .... Fourteen 



No. of Trips made Eighty per year for all of the Vessels 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence Six since 1871 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 



Eighteen hundred Bbls 

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



Magdalene Islands None 



Average value of Vessels each Six thousand dollars 



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



Average value of Insurance Five thousand dollars 



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



Thirty dollars 



Average value of Commissions, &c four per cent, to Capt. of Vessel 



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

 including expenses of XUlerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 



Forty thousand dollars 



Number of Vessels lost One 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits. .... . .Eight thousand dollars 



Value of Fish lost one thousand do 



Number of Lives lost Twelve 



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



cwt One dollars 



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



per bbl Two dollars 



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



Total value of Mackerel do None 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel Ten dollars 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel Eight dollars per Bbls 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year 



Two hundred & Seventy-five dollars. 



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

 plies Two hundred dollars per year for each vessel. 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring 



One thousand dollars per Year Newfoundlau 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages None 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs one thousand dollars 1873. 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Georges La Haven Western & Grand Bank's 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Coast of the United States & 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 



Within last three years we have not had any Vessels engaged in 

 Fishing in British Waters either for Cod or Mackeral. 

 T The Mackl fishing being done on the Coast of the United States from 

 New Jersey to and along the Eastern Coast of Maine and those engaged 

 in Cod Fishing on Georgies Western Le Have & Grand Banks not resort- 

 ing to British Waters except to purchase Bait and occasionally for Ice. 



