3130 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



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



cwt. . 75 cts 



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



bbl 61. 00 



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 ...... 16 10 8 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 11 8 6 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year $250 



Average amount paid in British ports for bait, ice, 



and various supplies .200 each vessel yearly 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring 



$600 to $800 for 4 vessels each yearly 

 Amount paid to British fishermen as wages 

 Amount paid in British ports for repairs 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Grand Bank & Georges 

 Locations frequented by American vessels 



Cape May to Bay 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 



Our vessels have been Cod fishing on the Banks & Mackereling mostly 

 off our own shores, The Bay of St Lawrence fishery has constantly grown 

 poorer Our vessels did not pay their expenses shall send no vessels 

 there this year Our own Shore Mackerel are worth a third more than 

 Bay Mackerel, We are using Seines where we formerly used Hooks & 

 lines, The Cod fishery is pursued on the Banks bordering on the Gulf 

 Stream many miles from any shores and within no National jurisdiction 



WONSON BROTHERS 



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



W. S. WONSON 

 (Seal.) S G WONSON JR 



DAVID W. LOW 



Notary Public 



No. 65. 



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

 Norwood & Son have been engaged in the fishing business for the past 

 Fifteen years, at Gloucester Mass, and that since the Washington Treaty, 

 so called, has been in effect, our vessels have been employed as fol- 

 lows: 



No. of Vessels employed Seven 



No. of Trips made . .' < . Forty 



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



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 



Thirty-Six Hundred Barrels 

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



Magdalen 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 



