AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3187 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 



Thirteen hundred and fifty in five year* 



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

 Magdalene Islands 



Average value of Vessels each $000 00 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c ..'.'.'.'. i800 ito 



Average value of Insurance go 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages |>er iiio. .$3o.uo 



Average value of Commissions, &c $120.00 to each vMel 



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

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 



Number of Vessels lost None. 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits 



Value of Fish lost 



Number of Lives lost 



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



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 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



16$ for Is 12$ for 2s 8* for 3s 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 11$ for Is 7$ for 2s 5$ for 3s 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year $200.00 



Average amount paid in British ports for bait, ice, and vari- 

 ous supplies $200.00 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages Nothing. 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs Nothing. 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish Western Banks. 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel Coast from Cape 

 May to Gulf of 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 

 Owing to the unprofitable returns from the bay of St Lawrence by 



the vessels sent there that branch of the business has been abandoned 

 Vessels fitted by our house have not paid their bills, consequently 



our vessels are confined to our own shores for Mackerel and the Ocean 



Banks for fish. British waters are not used by our vessels except M 



harbors for shelter and when necessity compels supplies 



W1NTHKOP S. JOKDAN 



STATE OF MAINE, ) 



CUMBERLAND Co. ss. } 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 29 day of May, 1877 

 fSpa i \ LEWIS B. SMITH 



( j Notary /&/>. 



No. 117. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, composing the firm of <i*o 

 Trefetheu & Co have been engaged in the fishing business ft 

 Twenty one years, at Portland, Maine and that since the 1 

 Treaty, so called, has been in effect, our vessels have I 

 follows : 



