AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION 3171 



No. 102. 



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

 Baker & Ellis have been engaged in the fishing IHIMIUWM for the nat 

 Twenty Five years, at Denniaport, Mass and that nine* the Washing- 

 ton Treaty, so called, has been in effect, our vessel* have been employed 

 as follows : 



No. of Vessels employed T on 



No. of Trips made Six trips each yearly " total CO trips 



No. of trips to Bay St. Lawrence none 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence ! uooe 



No of Barrels of Mackerel caught within 3 miles of 'shore, not inclndiug 



Magdalene Islands none none 



Average value of Vessels each. .Six Thousand Dollars each average* 

 Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c. 



Three Thousand " " 



Average value of Insurance Four Hundred Dollar* each 



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



$40. per month 



Average value of Commissions, &c fi'OO. Kach 



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



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 



Fourteen Thousand Dollars 



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 



Fitly cts. pr cwt 

 Total value of Mackerel taken, before curing, splitting, salting, &e M 



per bbl , two Dollars - 



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



Total value of Mackerel do none 



1 L' 3 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 1010 S 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year 



Two Hundred \ Fifty 



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 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Nothing East of Ml De^-rt 

 Actual value of Fish in the water before taking. . 

 Actual value of Mackerel in the water before taken 

 Facts as to changes in location and mode of conducting Ata 



(.' I'l t*S 



About 15. years ago we sent our. last vessels to the Gulf 

 rence for fish the business being unprofitable, and ve* 

 expenses, since which time we have found it much to our ndi 

 fish on our own shores it is impossible to get a native CW 

 the Gulf of St Lawrence fishing one of our last trips there abfl 

 11 weeks only took twenty Bl>ls of fish valued less than t 

 Dollars seventeen men being employed Seining has Ukeu place . 



