AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3175 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish"" 



Western Bank Banc|uereu Bank Grand Bank 

 Locations frequently by American vessels for Mackerel 



From Cnpe Henry to Mt Desert Bank 



Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking not hint; 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken ... ." .' .nothing 



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

 eries 



Have sent no vessels to the Bay of St Laurence for the last eight 

 years excepting one vessel to Boone Bay for a load of Herrings in 187:$ 

 It will not pay to send vessels to the Bay of St Laurence for mackerel 

 the catch is so uncertain and expence so large It is a Bad place to 

 seine fish on account of shallow water and foul Bottom The Cod fishery 

 is an entirely Bank fishery owing no allegince to any government The 

 Western Bank Quereaw and Grand Bank being from 100 miles to 400 

 miles from any land 



CALEB SMALL 



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

 (Seal.) SAMUEL. S. BAKER 



Notary Fnbfic 

 No. 106. 



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

 entine Doane have been engaged in the fishing business for the past 

 Thirty Eight years, at Harwich Port and that since the Washington 

 Treaty, so called, has been in effect, our vessels have been employed aa 

 follows : 



No. of Vessels employed Seven 



No. of Trips made. .Cod fisherman 2 Trips Yearly mac-kl tishern 8 to 10 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence none Since 1802 



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 about 3,000 To .11*000 dollar Each 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c.. $3000 To Each Vessal Yearly 



Average value of Insurance $.'5 



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



Captn $08 Crews 30 Kadi 



Average value of Commissions, &c 



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



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 



$11000 Eleven Thousand 



Number of Vessels lost 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits $ 1800 Each Total < 



Value of Fish lost 



Number of Lives lost B 



Total value of Fish^aken, before curing, splitting, salting, &0. pel wt 



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



per bbl 





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Total value'of Fish taken within three miles of British shores 

 Total value of Mackerel do ................... 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



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