3182 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



the past Twenty-one (21) years, at Portland. Me. and that since the 

 Washington Treaty, so called, has beeu in effect, our vessels have been, 

 employed as follows : 



No. of Vessels employed , . . . Sis 



No. of Trips made. Average three trips 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence one 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 150 Bbls 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel caught within 3 miles of shore, not including 



Magdalene Islands None 



Average value of Vessels each Forty five hundred Dollars 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c One thousand Dollars 



Average value of Insurance Nine per Cent 



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



Thirty Dollars per Month per Man 



Average value of Commissions, &c Three hundred fifty Dollars 



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

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 



Number of Vessels lost Two 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits Ten thousand Dollars 



Value of Fish lost 



Number of Lives lost , None 



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



Sixty cts per hundred 

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



bbl. 

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



Total value of Mackerel do None 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerels 



816 for ones $12 for twoes $8 for threes 

 Average market value of Bay Mackerel 



$10 for ones $7 for twoes $5 for threes 

 Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year 

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



Five hundred Dollars 



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 



Western & Grand Banks 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Bay St Lawrence & Madeline Island 



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. 



^ Have abandoned the idea of sending My Vessels any longer to the 

 Bay of St. Lawrence, and shall never send another Vessel to the Bay, 

 as the whole business has been a failure as far as My Vessels are con- 

 cerned. The Mackeral being very scarce there, and very hard to dis- 

 pose of them when got, being so poor in quality. 



EG WILLARD 

 STATE OF MAINE ) 

 CUMBERLAND Co. ss. f 



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

 (Seal.) LEWIS B. SMITH 



Notary Public. 



