3138 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores . . .Not any 



Total value of Mackerel do $900.00 (nine Hundred Dollars) 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel . .816.00 $12.00 & 8.00 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 12.00 8.00 & 6.00 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year . .from $200 to $300. 

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

 plies $100. per Vessel, yearly 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring $6600.00 yearly 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages about $200. yearly 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs about $500 yearly 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Georges, Grand Banks also Western Bank 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



From Capes of Virginia to Bay of Chaleur 

 Autual value of Fish in the water, before taking 



Worth nothing in the water, value in the labor and capital 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken the same as fish 



Facts as to changes in location and mode of conducting American fish- 

 eries We were once largely engaged in Mackerel fishery in Bay of St 

 Lawrence but this is now unprofitable owing to poor quality & decrease 

 in quantity of the Mack'l of late years All vessels sent there of late 

 years returning largely in debt. Our vessels now being employed on 

 the banks for fish and on our shores for mack'l using seines entirely in- 

 stead of Hooks for Mackl and trawls mostly for fish 



ANDREW LEIGHTON > 



WALTER M FALT LEIGHTON & CO. 



GEORGE A. UPTON > 



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

 (Seal.) DAVID W. LOW 



Notary Public 

 No. 72. 



This is to certify that the undersigned, composing the firm of late 

 Dodd & Tarr now James G Tarr & Bro have been engaged in the fish- 

 ing business for the past twenty five years, at Gloucester Mass and that 

 since the Washington Treaty, so called, has been in effect, our vessels 

 have been employed as follows : 



No. of Vessels employed Twelve 



No. of Trips made Six trips yearly, to each Vessel, 72 



1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence 42430 3 total 16 

 No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 



1871 1872 1873 ^1874 1875 1876 

 1287 ':'; 888 bl ; 672 bls 1124 bl! 190 ".'; Total 4.161. 



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



Magdalene Islands about one- tenth, (Most caught off shore) 



Average value of Vessels each five Thousand Dollars 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c. . . $2,500 per year for each Vessel 



Average value of Insurance $3,500 



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



Capt $75 Crew $35 per Month 



Average value of Commissions, &c 200 yearly each Vessel 



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

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 



($31,000) Thirty one thousand Dollars .yearly. 



