3150 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



The Labrador fishery we consider very uncertain business and the risk 

 very great more especially when the vessels are compeled to stay late 

 in the fall, as is the case most of the time in latter years, in order to 

 fill up if possible with herring, which have to be procured of the resi- 

 dent fishermen 



K. BAYLEY & SON 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this Twenty third day of May 

 1877 



J. T. BROWN 



(Seal.) Notary Public. 



No. 82. 



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

 O. Currier have been engaged in the fishing business for the past Nine 

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

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



No. of Vessels employed , . . Six 



No. of Trips made 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence 42 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 8000 



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

 including Magdalen Islands Not Known 



Average value of Vessels each $4000 



Average value of outfits, Salt, Bait, &c ., $1500 



Average value of Insurance , . , $4000 



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



$35 pr month 



Average value of Commissions, &c $250 pr year each Vessell 



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

 packing, including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor 

 on shore J $8000 



Number of Vessels lost 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits 



Value of Fish lost 



Number of Lives lost 



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



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

 bbl $1,00 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores 



Total value of Mackerel do , 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



N?. 1 $17.00 N?. 2 $11.50 N> 2 $8.00 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 



Nl. $11.00 N. 2 $7.00 N.3$5.50 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year $200 



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

 plies _ . . $75 pr vessell 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs $30.00 pr year pr vessell 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



From Cape May to Gd Menan & Bay St. Lawrence 



Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken 



