3184 



AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



No. 114. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, composing the firm of Lewis 

 Whitten & Co have been engaged in the fishing business for the past 

 years, at Portland Maine and that since the Washington Treaty, so 

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

 No. of Vessels employed 



1871 ^ 1872 } 1873 1874 1875 1876 ^ shall send 



i I / none in 



17 in Bay f 8 in Bay (8 in Bay 7 in Bay 6 in Bay 3 in Bay f Bay this 

 5 on shore J 6 on shore J 8 on shore 11 on shore 15 on shore 14 on shore J year 1877 



Cannot say 



No. of Trips made ...... . 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence 

 No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 

 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 



1876 



3189 Bbls. 1045 Bbls. 1474 Bbls. 1552 B bis. 474 Bbl. 301' Bbls. 

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



ing Magdalene Islands 

 Average value of Vessels each ................. Five thousand dollars 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c..Six hundred dollars each trip 

 Average value of Insurance, 



About two hundred dollars for the fishing season 

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



Thirty-five dollars 

 Average value of Commissions, &c ......... Two hundred fifty dollars 



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

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore, 



Twenty five thousand dollars 

 Number of Vessels lost ........................................ Five 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits ____ Twenty five thousand dollars 



Value of Fish lost ......... ........................... No knowledge 



Number of Lives lost ...................................... Nineteen 



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

 cwt ............................ . ........ not more than oue dollar 



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

 bbl ........................ . . Not more than two dollars per barrel 



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



Cannot say 



Total value of Mackerel do. 

 Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



1871 1872 



No. 1 No. 2 Is 2s 

 $174 $12 



1875 

 Is 2 3 

 $29 $16 $9 



1873 

 Is 2s 

 $234 $13 

 1876 



2 3 

 $8 $6 



1 



$15 



1874 



Is 2s 



$13 $9 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 



1874 

 Is 2 



6lO O Q 



$1- 5*o ^ 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year 



Two hundred fifty dollars 



