3134 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



years, at Gloucester Mass and that siiice the Washington Treaty, so 

 called, has been iu effect, our vessels have been employed as follows : 



No. of Vessels employed two 



No. of Trips made six each vessel yearly 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence five in five years 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 725 Bbls 



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



including Magdelene Islands none 



Average value of Vessels each $7,000 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c $3,000 each vessel yearly 



Average value of Insurance $300 " " " 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages per mo $40 



Average value of Commissions, &c 250 each vessel yearly 



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

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore . . .$12000 



Number of Vessels lost One 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits $5,500 



Value of Fish lost 



Number of Lives lost Eleven 



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



per cwt $1,00 



Total value of Mackerel taken, before curing, splitting, salting, 



&c., per bbl $2,00 



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 $12 $8 



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 No 1 No 2 No 3 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel $12 $8 $6 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year 250 



Average amount paid in British ports for bait, ice, and various sup- 

 plies $250 each vessel yearly 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring $1500 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages $1,000 yearly 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs none 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Western Banks Grand Georges St Peters 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



American Shore 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 iu location and mode of conducting American fish- 

 eries 



The Fisheries have changed from shore fishing to deep sea & Bank 

 fishing, The mackerel fishery has changed from the hand line and hook 

 to use of seines The Bay of St Lawrence fishery has decreased from 

 3(M) vessels yearly to 40 last year Not one of the vessels that went to 

 the Bay of St Lawrence last year paid their expenses 



HAKVEY KNOWLTON JR 



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

 (Seal.) DAVID W. LOW 



Notary Public 



