3204 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



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

 plies 50 per annum 



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 Bank | Quero Bank. 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel . coast of Maine 



Actual value ot Fish in'the water, before taking Nothing 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken " 



Facts as to changes in location and mode of conducting American fish- 

 eries 



send my vesels to the banks as above within no jurisdiction of any 

 government Have sent two vessels to Bay St L. and both made fail- 

 ures Now seine for Meckerel off our own coast 



Shall never send vessels to the bay. as it does not pay. 



C BLAKE 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this Twenty Third day of May 

 1877 

 (Seal.) G. B. KENNISTON 



Notary Public. 

 No. 132. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, composing the firm of Mc- 

 Dougall & Race have been engaged in the fishing business for the past 

 Twenty-Two years, at Boothbay. Maine and that since the Washington 

 Treaty, so called, has been in effect, our vessels have been employed as 

 follows: 



No. of Vessels employed ; ten 



No. of Trips made Three trips each 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 



20 15 10 10 4 

 No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 



1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 

 5.000 2.000 1.500 

 No. of Barrels of Mackerel caught within 3 miles of shore, 



not including Magdalene Islands not one tenth 



Average value of Vessels each $4.000 



Average value of Outfits, Salt Bait, &c $2.500 



Average value of Insurance 9 per cent 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time viz., wages per mo. .$40 



Average value of Commissions, &c $250 



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



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 



Fifteen Thousand dollars. 



Number of Vessels lost Three 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits Thirteen Thousand 



Value of Fish lost . $2.000 



Number of Lives lost '. Ten 



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



c\vt 76 cents pe 100 Ibs 



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



per bbl $1.50 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores.. Nothing 

 Total value of Mackerel do $300 per annum 



