AWARD OF THE FISHKRY COMMISSION. 3137 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring 



Two thousand dolUrn M-uily 

 Amount paid to British fishermen as wages 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs, .live hundred dollar* )f*Hj 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Grand Ituuk & (ieorgfcft 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Cape May to Hay of Hi I..i t-i..- 

 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 Aiuenoiu 



fisheries 



After first of July we used to send most of our vessels ten yearn 

 ago to Bay of St Lawrence but of late years that Hailing proveag of 

 no value, our vessels looseing money, we have confined them entirely to 

 our own shores and the ocean banks, we send no vessels in the Itnttinh 

 waters for fish or mackerel and only enter them for bail and Siipplie* 

 for which we pay cash, we consider the Brittish inshore ttaherim a 

 complete failure BENJAMIN LOW 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this first day of June 1*77 

 (Seal.) DAVID W. LOW 



Xntary /'nMi> 

 No. 71. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned. composing the firm of I^-igh 

 ton & Co have been engaged in the fishing business for the past nine 

 years, at Gloucester Mass and that since the "Washington Treaty, no 

 called, has been in effect, our vessels have been employed as follow* : 

 No. of Vessels employed .................................. Eighteen 



No. of Trips made.. Averaging about Eight Trips yearly to each VP*<M| 



1872 1873 1874 1S75 1S7 

 *<o. of Trips to Bay bt. Lawrence . . Q trj u Trips 4 Trips l Trip ] Trl|l 



1871* 187.J 1H74 1S751M76 

 No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence . ^ j 4073 1;{ 4 1 -^9 1:14 



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



Magdalene Islands 



Not more than 4.">0 Bbls. (Four Hundred \-Jl 



Average value of Vessels each ......... 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c 



$1500.00 for Bay Trips or Bank 



Trips each 

 Average value of Insurance ....... 9% per annum on 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, vi/., wa ^^J "^ mo|llh 



t .. 



Average value of Commissions, &e. 



Average value of Whaves, Fish-houses, &.-., lor nmiij: jod |ii. 

 including expenses of Clerks, Propri.-tois a.u MI ^ore^ ^ 



Number of Vessels lost ........... 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits.. 



A - 1 ,.-!-< 1 1 ..... C 



Value ot Fish lost ....................... ^vent v five 



Number of Lives lost ........ - ...... 



Total value of Fish taken, before curing, '1*"****^% &J* 



Total value of Mackerel taken, before curing, splitting will; 

 bbl ................ ............. 



197 F 



