3170 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Xo. 101. 



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

 Bates has been engaged in fishing business for the past Thirtyfive 

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

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



Xo. of Vessels employed Seven 



Xo. of Trips made Six yearly in all 42 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence none 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence none 



Xo. of Barrels of Mackerel caught within 3 miles of shore, not in- 

 cluding Magdalene Islands 



Average value of Vessels each Five thousand dollars 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c Three thousand dollars 



Average value of Insurance 



Three hundred dollars yearly for each vessel 

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



Thirty dollars 



Average value of Commissions, &c . . . $200 pr vessel 



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

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore.. $7000. 



Number of Vessels lost one 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits $5000 



Value of Fsh lost 



Is umber of Lives lost none 



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

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



bbl two dollars pr Barrel 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores.. nothing 



Total value of Mackerel do no receipts 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



eight dollars pr Barrel 

 Average market value of Bay Mackerel 

 Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year 



one hundred & fifty dollars 



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

 plies nothing 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring nothing 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages nothing 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs " 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Cape Henlopeu to Mount Desert 



Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking very uncertain 



Actual value of Mackerel iu the water, before taken " " 



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

 eries 



For the last seven years mackerel have been so scarce and uncer- 

 tain iu the Bay of Saint Lawrence I have been obliged to abandon 

 the fishery in those waters 



JOHX BATES 



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



J. Q. A. LOTHROP 



Justice of the Peace 



