AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3129 



Average amount paid m British ports for bait, ice, anil viirinti* miniilim 



200 each vessel $^,0 v ,. ar| 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring - I.IMNI yearly 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages " N O U" M 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs five Hundred 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Finn 



Georges Grand Western IM Have IlanU 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



from Long Island to Newfoundland 



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 

 fisheries 



For the past eight years fishing in British waters has boon a total 

 failure We have tried it thoroughly & completely and our vemwU 

 sent to the Bay have not paid their expenses. American fishermen 

 would have been much better off never to have gone into thoae water* 

 Seining has superseded the Hook & line fishing for Mackerel, the bout 

 mackerel are off our own coasts nearer our markets, our veMeU make 

 short trips, the mackerel are in better condition, We have ent no ves- 

 sels m the Bay the last two years, No Codfish are taken by our vessel* 

 inside of British limits 



THOMAS L. PARSONS 

 EBEN P ARSONS :M 

 GEORGE PARSONS 



Sworn and subscribed to before me. this 31st day of May 1877. 



DAVID W. LOW 



(Seal.) -Votary /'Mc 



Xo. 04. 



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

 son & Co., have been engaged in the fishing business for the pa*t twe 

 ty five years, at Gloucester Mass and that since the Washington Treaty, 

 so called, has been in effect, our vessels have been employed aa 1 



No. of Vessels employed 



No. of Trips made 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence. - 



1872 1873 1*71 l- s ~ 1* 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 330, 400, :\ 

 No. of Barrels of Mackerel caught within 3 miles ol shore, in 



Magdalene Islands 



Mackerel caught at the MaguVlem 



A *|4m|) 



Average value of Insurance 9 per ren on \ e-jeT 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., **"*'% 



Average value of Commissions, &c. 



Average value of Wharves, Fish-houses, &c., or c 

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and lalx .1 .honj^ ^ 



Number of Vessels lost 



Value of Vessels lost, including outli 

 Value of Fish lost 

 Number of Lives lost 



