AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3157 



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

 follows : 



No. of Vessels employed ......................... . pj ve 



No. of Trips made .................. about live trips each veiiel yearly 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence .............................. None 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence ____ ......... .None 



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



Magdalene Islands ........ . ................................ None 



Average value of Vessels each ................ Five Thousand hollar* 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c. . .$2500. on each ve*wel yearly 

 Average value of Insurance ................ $300. on " " " 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages per mo... $30. 



each man per month 

 Average value of Commissions, &c. , ......... . . $250. each vessel yearlv 



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



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore.. $3.300. 



yearly 

 Number of Vessels lost ........................................ Two 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits ....................... $ 1 1 ,000. 



Value of Fish lost ....... . .................................... $ 150. 



Number of Lives lost .......................................... None 



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



% 7 o 5 o 

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



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year .............. 



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 



Massachusetts Bay and Nautucket Shoals 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



American Shores north of Capo May. 

 Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking ............. Vululeas 



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



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



Our vessels being engaged in the Mackerel Seining bnsineas almost 

 exclusively and as they could not Seine fish in British Water* we were 

 obliged to fish on the American coast. 



CKOCKKK & ATWOOD 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this ninth ^JLSfj^SLr 



(Seal.) 



No. 89. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, composing the firm of K & 

 E E. Cook, having been engaged in the fishing busu.es 

 Forty years, at Provincetown and that since the Washing* 

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



