AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3127 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken . nothing 



Facts as to changes in location and mode of coudiurtiiiir Amencau 0*h 



eries 

 Have withdrawn vessels from Bay on ace of bt-inu' I "'ink 



business to pursue. 



Our codfishing is pursued on Ocean Banks within no national Juri* 

 diction 



Our vessels do not go in British water except to pun-has* Halt A 

 supplies 



EPKS SAYWAKD JR, 



GEO SAY WARD 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this thirty first day of Mnv 1S77 

 (Seal.) DAVID W*. LOW" 



Sotary 1'nblic 

 No. 62. 



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

 Say ward have been engaged in the lishing business for the past thirteen 

 years, at Gloucester, and tl-at since the Washington Treaty, so called, 

 has been in effect, our vessels have been employed as follows : 



No of Vessels employed 7 to 5 seven to five 



No. of Trips made 188 One hundred eighty-eight 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence 12 Twelve in live yearn. 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 2398. 



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



Magdalene Islands 00 



Average value of Vessels each $<MH). in 1*71. 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c .SOU, 



Average value of Insurance 5775, ** u 



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



Average value of Commissions, &c. 



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



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 



$20000, 



Number of Vessels lost 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits 



Value of Fish lost 



Number of Lives lost 



Total value of Fish taken, before curing, splitting. Milting. &c. |*r 



cw ^ t 75 |H?r hundred 



Total value of Mackerel taken, before curing, splitting, halting, &c^ pr 



bbl \ 1.30 per bbl. 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shore* 



Total value of Mackerel do 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



No. 1 !. No. 2*11'. No 3 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel No. 1 SlL'. No. U IS. No. 3 

 Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year... 

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



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 vessels 



eru and George's Banks 



