AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3181 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c ............. 2700 each vearlv 



Average value of Insurance ..................... KJO^J veS84 ,| tS . out flu 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' fime, viz., wages j>er mo. . .$.1*. 

 Average value of Commissions, ccc ......................... . : .., 



Average value of Warves, Fish-houses, &c., for curing anil packing, 

 including expenses of Clerks, 1'roprietorH and labor on shore Ttiouo.uo 

 yearly expenses including pack bill & value of premises 

 No. of Vessels lost ........................................ 4 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits .......... ;j noo 00 



Value of Fish lost 



Number of Lives lost ...................................... 17 



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



.73 ct* 



Totol value of Mackerel taken, before .curing, splitting, salting, &a, JMT 

 bbl .................................................... 2.110 



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

 Total value of Mackerel do ............... ................ Nothing 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel. . 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel. 



*13. $8. *ii. 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year ........ 3J.10. 



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



1ZTHH) 

 Amount paid to British fishermen for herring .......... 81000. one year 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages. .$5000.00 from 18GG to is7U 

 Amount paid in British ports for repairs ---- . .............. $'JOO. 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Grand. Western. La Have. Georges Banks 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Cape May to Gulf St. Lawrence 

 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 



The mode of fishing has entirely changed since I commenced the busi- 

 ness. Trawls have taken the place of hand lines, and there is hardly : 

 vessel that is fitted with lines for mackerel, in fact all the vessels from 

 this place use Seines. I have lost thousands of dollars in sending ves- 

 sels to Bay of St. Lawrence. I said in 1873 I would never send another 

 vessel to the Bay for fish, if I wished too I could not get a crew 

 there, we tried the Bay fishing to long for our own interest 

 spring we went in again, on the promises made the fall Utore- 

 erel are so plenty on this shore, and so easily taken, that the Bay A 

 erel.for the last few years have not been worth going t 



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Sworn and subscribed to before me, this first day of June 1 



STATE OF MAINE 

 COUNTY OF HANCOCK 



(Seal.) 



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v S1 . OFFORI> 



This is to certify, that tlie undersigned , combing the tin 

 Willard Portland, Maine have been engaged in the t 



