3162 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



No. of Vessels employed Seven 



No. of Trips made one Trip a year 



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 includ- 

 ing Magdalene Islands none 



Average value of Vessels each Forty five Hundred dollars 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c.Two Thonsand dollars each Sch'r 



Average value of Insurance Two hundred dollars each vessels 



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

 Average value of Commissions, &c 



One. Hundred Twenty dollars each Schr 



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

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 



Fifteen thousand dollars yearly 



Number of Vessels lost ,. none 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits " 



Value of Fish lost " 



Number of Lives lost " 



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



cwt $1,00 



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



bbl $2,00 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British sbores. . . none 



Total value of Mackerel do " 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



I sold for $14,50, $9 & $6 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel had none 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year. $150,00 at my place 

 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 



Grand Banks La Have & Western Bank 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Cape May to Sidney C. B. 



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 



In regard to Fishing in British waters for the past Seven years it has 

 not (in general) been profitable, Codfish have been plentier nearer home 

 and the prices for new fish being better than for fish salted a longer 

 time. I have keep my Vessels on the home grounds and Grand Bank, 

 1 have sent no vessels to the Bay of St Lawerance this seven years, 

 neather have my Vessels taken Codfish or mackeral inside the precribed 

 British limets 



DAVID CONWELL 



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

 (Seal.) THOS. HILLIAED, 



Notary Public. 

 No. 94. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, composing the firm of Cen- 

 tral Wharf Company have been engaged in the fishing business for the 



