3160 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



No. 91. 



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

 A Whorf have been engaged in the fishing business for the past Seven 

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

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



No. of Vessels employed Five 



No. of Trips made One average time five mouths 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence 



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 : $4.500 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c.. 62,000 yearly pr each vessel 

 Average Insurance. . . . On each vessel $1500, Outfits insured for full 



amount 

 Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages per mo. . .$35,00 



Average value of Commissions, &c $1.00, Each vessel annually 



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



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore .$7,000, 



Number of Vessels lost None 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits 

 Value of Fish lost 



Number of Lives lost One 



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



cwt 61,00 



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



perbbl ..." $2,00 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores. .00 None 



Total value of Mackerel do 00 None 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel. . .No 1 $16, No 2s 



$12, No 3s $8. 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel No 1 $12, No 2 $8, No 3 $6. 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year $170. 



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

 plies ..$300. 



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 



Western, and Grand Banks 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



American shores 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 



fisheries 



In my experience Bay fishing in British waters has been very unprof- 

 itable and in many cases tended with loss both to owners and crews. 

 Our fishing consists largely of Western and Grand Bank fishing some 

 of the smaller vessels fishing around our own shores 



1 )o not use the British waters inside of three miles 



P A WHOEF 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this ninth clay of May 1877 

 (Seal.) B F HIJTCHINSON 



Notary Public 



