3140 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence 4 5 5 4 3 



1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 

 No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. 



Lawrence 1000 1000 750 600 300 



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



Magdalene Islands most caught around the Magdalene Islands. 



Average value of Vessels each $7000 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c $3000 



Average value of Insurance 9% on vessels and outfits 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages per mo $35 



Average value of Commissions, &c $200 each vessel 



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

 packing, including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and 



labor on shore , .. . , $35,000 



Number of Vessels lost 1 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits $1.0.000 



Value of Fish lost 



Number of Lives lost ...10 



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



&c. per cwt 50c 



Total value of Mackerel taken, before curing, splittiug, salt- 

 ing, c., per bbl $1.00 



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 



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 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring $400 yearly 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages $200 year 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs none 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Grand Banks, La Have, Georges . 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



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 



The fisheries have changed from hook and line fishing to trawl fishing, 

 and from line fishing to seining for Mackerel We have throughly tested 

 the St. Lawrence fishery, and find it is a failure, our vessels not paying 

 their expenses, We shall send no vessels there this year. Our codfish- 

 ing is pursued outside of the jurisdiction of any nation, on the ocean 

 banks, 



ADDISON GOLT JR. SYLVANUS SMITH 



SMITH & GOLT 



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



DAVID W. LOW 



(Seal.) Notary Public 



No. 74. 



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

 & Somes have been engaged in the tithing business for the past Twenty 



