AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3177 



1* IN 3 

 Average market value of American Shore Mackerel ...... 11 x U x 7 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year. . . .Two Hundred 



Twenty five dollars 

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



plies ............................................ ...... nothing 



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 Desort 

 Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking ............. nothing 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken ......... 



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



eries 



Not considering fishing in British waters remunerative Have sent no 

 vessells to Bay of St Lawrence since have been in business 



T. B. BAKKH 



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

 (Seal.) SAMUEL. S. DAKKK 



Xotary ' Public 

 No 108. 



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

 Doane Jr & Co. have been engaged in the fishing business for the past 

 ten years, at Portsmouth N. H. and that since the Washington Treaty, 

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



No. of Vessels employed ............ ......................... J' n 



No. of Trips made each season ................................ ] 



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 ................. Six thousand 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c 



each season, including Boats & Seinei 

 Average value of Insurance ..... Twenty-five Hundred dolls pel 



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



&WO. for time employed 

 Average value of Commissions, &c....T\vo Thousand dolls per season 



Average value of Wharves, Fish-houses, &e., for curing ant ig, 



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor 



Nine thousand dolls IHT year 



t wo 

 Number of Vessels lost ................... .- 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits ..... L.ghtoen thousand d, 



Value of Fish lost ........................ 



Number of Lives lost ................. . ...... ; 



Total value of Fish taken, before curing, *plu ['. 



Total* value "of Mackerel "taken," before" curing, splitting, 



Total" v^ue of FishYaken wiihln three miles" of British shore* 

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



