AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3I2/V 



The Gulf of St Lawreuce Fishery is so impruftable that ci 

 it an entire failure. 



JAMES S AYER. DKXXI8 & VYI'H 



JOHN G DENNIS 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this :nt day of Mny 1*77 

 (Seal.) DAVID W. LOW 



Xotvry 1'nblic 

 No. GO. 



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



have been 



engaged m the fishing business for the past 



years, at and that since the Washington 



Treaty, so called, has been in effect, bur vessels have been employed M 

 follows : 



No. of Vessels employed ..................................... Seven 



No. of Trips made ................................ Thirty the Yearly 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence ............. Two in 1873 none inc 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence .............. 400 



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



Magdalene Islands ......................................... None 



Average value of Vessels each .............................. . . f.vsoo, 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c ....................... |H<w, 



Average value of Insurance ................ $4400, or about U per cent 



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



mo ...................................... $35, $200.00 each vwrl 



Average value of Corn missions, &c. .4 percent on Gross Stock to Skipper 

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



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore.. $18000, 

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



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits .................... 



Value of Fish lost ............................... . ............ Xone 



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



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



cwt .......................................... 



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



bbi ....................... ................................ i.w 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shorea . 

 Total value of Mackerel do ............................... 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



$14. for ones $1L', for twos $8, for three* 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 



$11, for ones $S, for twos $J, for t 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen JHT year.. 

 Average amount paid in British ports for bait, ice, a 

 plies ..... ............................... ; * 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs 



Locations frequented by American v g^g^ u n. vr IUnU 



Locations frequented by American 



Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking.. 

 Actual value of Mackerel in the water, betore taken.- 



