AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3109 



No. 127. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, Allen Lewi, of IloolbU, 

 have been engaged in the fishing business for tho pu*t Fifty wit 

 Boothbay and that since the Washington Treaty, HO called, l,ai 52 fc 

 eftect, our vessels have been employed as follows: 



No. of Vessels employed flftw| VMieb _ 



No. of Trips made.. Thm, trip. irb- 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence.. 1S7 - ls73 1874 l8 " 5 W* 



8 8 H 8 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 



1872 1873 1874 1S7.1 1*76 

 1000 KM ii i 7<M) i.tHNi .luo 

 No. of Barrels of Mackerel caught within 3 miles of shorn, not inrlud 



ing Magdalene Islands Did no fish in *Uore 



Average value of Vessels each f 4 t ooo . 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c |;j| ouo 



Average value of Insurance 9 l>er rent- 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages i*r mo . . $4O._ 



Average value of Commissions, &c $!T>.00 



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



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on abore, 



$25.000 



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, Ac. per 



cwt 7o cent* 



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



bbl $200 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British short*. Nothing 



Total value of Mackerel do 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 16. 12. sperbll 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 11. 7. 5 |er bll 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year 



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



$2.500 |r ntuiurn. 

 Amount paid to British fishermen for herring 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages $750 |>er aniiut 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs. . . .$400. pt-r annum 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



(trand Hank A \\Y*iern. 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Cape May to Hay of St Ijioreocr. 



Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taking.... . 



Facts as to changes in location and mode of condu 



PT*1 f*^ 



My method of doing fishing business ha* been totally cbangrtl wit] 

 ten year We fish by trawls and seines- where we used I 

 lines entirely Our shore Mackerel bring much larger 

 decline to be shipped for the bay if they can got .,th-r 

 fishermen take their fish many miles from any nationu ' 



