AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 320? 



past Forty-Three years, at Boothbay ami that nine* the Washington 

 Treaty, so called, has been in effect, our vessel* have 

 follows : 



No. of Vessels employed ........ Fight ( 



No. of Trips made ......... 5 Trip'sVaVl,' Ven^i yoari' 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence ____ one " 



av. each IHTli 187:1 1S74 lS7r> 1S7 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. 



Lawrence .......................... 1>00 250 li'5 KMI u rarb 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel caught within a miles of shore 



no. including Magdalene Islands none except near M.nlelinr !, 

 Average value of Vessels each ....................... average $ . IM*I 



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



Average value of Insurance ......................... alxmt 9 JMT crnl 



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



UO.OD |*T mo- 

 Average value of Commissions, &c ....................... :TJ". _ 



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



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 



Number of Vessels lost Two 



Value of Vessels lost including outfits Fourteen Thousand dolUm. 



Value of Fish lost i.'.ooo 



N umber of Lives lost none 



Total value of Fish taken, before curing, .splitting, wilting, &c. prr 



CWt 70.e Seventy renU 



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



bbl 4 -MM) 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shore*. nothing 



Total value of Mackerel do 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel. 16. lo. M per bbl 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 11. s. i JMT bbl 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year. . 



Average amount paid in British ports for bait, ice, ami varioii* *up- 



plies... 



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 



Grand & Western Hank*. 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Capo May to bay St tawrrmw 

 Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking . 

 Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken . 

 Facts as to changes in location and mode of coiida 



eries 



We have had vessells engaged in cod fishing generally 

 ailing off our shore The bay fishing has de.-n-a.H4-d HI vain 

 for five years till it is now worthless- We sent none 

 send none 1877. On this coast our vessells fish for mack 

 generally since Mackeral caught here are worth I 

 Bay Mackeral-Our fish are taken on the Bank, 

 of any National jurisdiction 



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JOHN II McCLINTOCK f 



