AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3191 



Average amount paid in British ports for bait, ice, and variou* nun- 

 plies ............ .............................. *i:,0 yearly 



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 



Bay of Fnndy La Have & Grand Hank 

 Locations frequented by American -vessels for Mackerel 



Cape May to Bay 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 HMD- 

 eries. 



The Bay St Lawrence Fishing has been fallen oft' with me for the last 

 seven or eight years, so that it has got to be an impossibility for my 

 vessels to pay their expenses fishing in their waters for BfaokereL I 

 shall send no more vessels to the Bay of St Lawrence, 



C I) THOMK8 

 W. II. CHASE 



STATE OF MAINE, t 



CUMBERLAND COUNTY ss, i 



Sworn and subscribed before me this 23rd day of May 1877, 

 (Seal.) LEWIS B. SMITH 



Rotary Public 



No. 120. 



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

 Chase have been engaged in the fishing business for the past 20 yeans 

 at Portland & Boothbay and that since the Washington Treaty, so 

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

 No. of Vessels employed ........................... ...... Thirty five 



No. of Trips made . . ." ............... Four to six to each vessel yearly 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence , ..... 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 



7542 none 

 No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 



1873 1874 1875 1870 1877 

 1255 1000 870 3(*0 none 



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

 ing Magdalene Islands 



Most Caught in around the Magdalene [Aland! 

 Average value of Vessels each ....................... 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c ............... 



Average value of Insurance ......................... 



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

 Average value of Commissions, &c ............ 



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



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 

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



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits ..... 



Value of Fish lost N . 



Number of lives lost ................. 



Total value of Fish taken, before curing, splitting, salti 



. ....... . .................. ow 



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



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