AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3U9 



No. 81. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, composing the flnu of K. 

 Bayley & Son have been engaged in the fishing business for the put 

 Forty years, at Newburyport and that since the Washington Treaty, so 

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



No. of Vessels employed Two (2) Mackerel One Labrador 



No of Trips made Four Two 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence j.- our 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence S -ven hundred 



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

 ing Magdalene Islands Quantity unknown, very few if any 



Average value of vessels each Thirty live hundred doll* 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c Thirty-two hundred doll*. 



Average value of Insurance, 



Four and one quarter pr. cent a year for six month*. 

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



Capt *75. Crew ALS Each 

 Average value of Commissions, &c. 



Two huud & fifty dolls ea. vessel ea. year 



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

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 



Ten thousand doll*. 



Number of Vessels lost ( )ne 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits Ten thousand doll* 



Value of Fish lost Eight thousand dolls. 



Number of Lives lost None 



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

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



bbl. 

 Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores 



No fish, cannot estimate Mack. 

 Total value of Mackerel do. 

 Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



Eleven & a quarer dolls pr. bbl. 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel. Seven & one half dolls, pr. bbl. 

 Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year 



Two hundred & fifty dolls. 

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



plies Two hundred doll* 



Amount paid to British fishermen for Herring Two thousand doll* 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages.. .Fourteen Uuudred doll*. 

 Amount paid in British ports for repairs. . . -Two hundred & fifty dolls 

 Locations frequented bv American vessels for Fish 



Gulf & Bay of St Lawrence and Labrador Const 

 Locations frequented bv American vessels for mackerel . 



Cape Henry to East port Me. 



Actual value of Fish in the water, lie fore taking.. 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken.. 



Facts as to changes iu location and mode of conducting Amen 



CT16S 



We have employed our vessels in the Shore, Bay of St Lawrence and 

 Labrador fisheries during the past ten years and the 

 proved so unremunerative and hsi/.irdous that we have abandt 



