3148 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Twenty three years, at Newburyport and that since the Washington 

 Treaty, so called, has been in effect, our vessels have been employed as 

 follows : 



No. of Vessels employed Three 



No. of Trips made Six yearly to each vessel 



1876 1875 1874 1873 1872 

 No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence -^ 1*1 1 1 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. 1876 18 -- 18?4 Ig73 Ig73 



Lawrence OQQ 240 360 250 265 



No. of Barrels of Mackerell caught within 3 miles of shore, not includ- 

 ing Magdalene Islands Caught all off Magdelens 



Average val ue of Vessels each" 3000 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c 1000 Dollars for 6 mos 



Average value of Insurance 9 per ct on Vessel & Outfits 



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



ino 30 Dollars 



Average value of Commissions, &c $200 each vessel 



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

 ing, including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on 



shore $5000 



Number of Vessels lost - one 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits $3000 



Value of Fish lost 

 Number of Lives lost 



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

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

 bbl. 



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 $12 $8 $6 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year $125, 6 Mos 



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



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish.. Georges &Lahave 



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 



We have had vessels in the Bay of St Lawrence for past 12 years. 

 We have now changed our business to Bank fisheries for Cod & Had- 

 dock as the Bay of St Lawrence has proved a failure our vessels not 

 paying us any profit. One of our firm has personally been in this Bay 

 fishery and in one of our vessels. The inshore fisheries of the Dominion 

 is entirely useless to us. 



GEORGE W TREFETBEN 

 for the firm 



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

 [Seal.J E. F. BARTLETT * 



Notary Public 



