3168 AWAKD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



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

 (Seal.) ARTHUR LOW 



Notary Public 

 No. 99. 



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

 & Blackmer have been engaged in the fishing business for the past fif- 

 teen years, at Plymouth Mass and that since the Washington Treaty, 

 so called, has been in efl'ect, our vessels have been employed as follows : 



No. of Vessels employed .. . Four (4) 



No of Trips made - 1 Yearly to each vessel 



No. of Trips to Bay St Lawrence 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 



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

 Magdalene Islands 



Average value of Vessels each $2,500 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c $1,200 yearly to each vessel 



Average value of Insurance . $100 to each vessel 



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



$35 pr month 



Average value of Commissions, &c $80 pr vessel each year 



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

 cluding expeusesof Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore $7.000yearly 



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., per cwt. 



$1.00 



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

 bbl. 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores 



Total value of Mackerel do. 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year $200 . 



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



$500, yearly 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages 



Amouut paid in British ports for repairs 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish. ..Grand-Bank, 

 (ieorgies, Quero, St Peters and all banks bordering on Gulf Stream 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



From Cape Henry to Newfoundland 



Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking. . , No value 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken 



Facts as to change in location and mode of conducting American Fish- 

 eries 



In former years we used to send our vessels to the Bay of St. Law- 

 rence : but not finding it successful we send now to deep water banks : 



such as Grand, Georgies & Quero banks. 



MANTER & BLACKMER 



By PKINCE MANTER 



Sworn & subscribed, to before me, this sixteenth day of May 1877 



ARTHUR LOW Notary Public 



