3172 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Hand line fishing on our own coasts and we find that it is greatly to our 

 advantage to fish nearer home, it being more advantageous, our own 

 fish being worth more than those taken in British waters and much 

 quicker sales and much more profitable business. 



BAKER & ELLIS 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 21st day of May 1877 

 (Seal) SAMUEL S. BAKER 



Notary Public 

 No. 103. 



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

 Eldridge have been engaged in the fishing business for the past Twenty 

 years, at South Chatham and that since the Washington Treaty, so 

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



No. of Vessels employed Eight 88 



No. of Trips made 3 to Each vessel 



1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 



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 $5600. 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c 82500. 



Average value of Insurance 8568 each vessel 



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



835 Pr Mouth 



Average value of Commissions, &c $175 to each vessel 



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

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore. .$7.500. 



Number of Vessels lost one vessel 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits 86500. 



Value of Fish lost $800 



Number of Lives lost. ... Three 



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



cwt. 75c $2.00 



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



bbl $2.00 



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



Total value of Mackerel do none 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel.. $16.00 12.00 8.00 

 Average market value of Bay Mackerel 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year $130. each 



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

 plies nothing 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring nothing 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages none 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs none 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Western Bank Quereau & G. Bank 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



from Cape May to Mt. Desert 



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 

 We think it is not profitable for us to send our vessels to fish in Brit- 



