3206 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



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

 ing Magdalene Islands none 



Average value of Vessels each $5.000 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c $1.800 



Average value of Insurance 9 per cent 



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



840.00 per mo. 



Average value of Commissions, &c $200 



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

 packing, including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on 



shore $15.000 



Number of Vessels lost One 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits , $8.000.00 



Value of Fish lost $800. 



Number of Lives lost none 



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



cwt 75 cents per 100 weight 



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



bbl $200 per bbl 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores., nothing 



Total value of Mackerel do " 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



16. 12 & 8 per bbl 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel .11. 6 5 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year , $250 



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

 plies $1,000 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring nothing 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages $300.00 per annum 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs $300.00 per annum. 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Grand Banks Western Banks 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



now off our own coast. 



Actual value of 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 

 fisheries 



The chang has been almost entire in our business in a few years. 

 Since 1873 we have sent no vessels to St. Lawrence after Mackeral be- 

 cause it does not pay. Could not ship a crew none of our vessels take 

 fish within the limits of the Dominion all are caught on the Banks 

 many miles from any National Jurisdiction. 



STEPHEN NICKERSON 

 STEPHEN E. NICKERSON 

 ALONZO E. NICKERSON 

 STATE OF MAINE 

 LINCOLN s. s. 



Sworn and subscribed to before me. this Twentv second day of May 

 1877. 



(Seal.) G. B. KENNISTON 



Notary Public. 

 No. 134. 



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

 McClintock & Co. have been engaged in the fishing business for the 



