AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 313; 



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



Thirty dollat* 



Average value of Commissions, &c . . four per cent. to. Captain of Vmael 

 Average value of Wharves, Fish-bonnes, &e., for cnring and packing, 

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors, ami lalor on nhor 



Twenty thoumiml dollar* 



Number of Vessels lost None 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits. 

 Value of Fish lost. 



Number of lives lost Poor 



Total value of Fish taken, before curing, splitting, Halting, A;c., per 



cwt One dollar 



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



bbl Two dollar* 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shore*. . .Nothing 



Total value of Mackerel do Nut hint; 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel. Ten dollars |*erlUrrel 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel Eight dollars per barrel 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year 



Two humln-d & fifty dollani 



Average amount paid in British ports for bait, ice, and varioon nupplie* 



Two hundred dollars per year for each \ eaael 

 Amount paid to British fishermen for herring 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages None. 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs. .Four hundred dollars Since 1*71 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Georges, Grand, Western, & La Have, Bank* 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Coast of 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. 

 We have not had any Vessels engaged in British Waters fishing aince 



1873 



GEO NORWOOD 

 FREDERIC NORWOOD 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this thirty first day of May 1877 

 fSeaM DAVID W. LOW 



(&eal<) .Votary /*< 



No. 66. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, composing the tlrro of Ix-on 

 ard Walen have been engaged in the fishing btuineM 

 years, at Gloucester Mass and that since the NNu.sh.ngto 

 called, has been in effect, our vessels have been empk 



No. of vessels employed 



No. of Trips made .... Six trips yearly each re* *1, -4 each >*ar 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence. . 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel caught within 3 mile* of shore, o, - 



Magdalene Islands * 



Average value of Vessels each 



Average va.ne of Outfits, Salt, B-jt,*^ ($3floo wh TM- 



