AWARD OF THE H8IIKRY COMMISSION. 3209 



Island cannot ship a Crew to go to the Bay on Shnmi rrnry i 

 that went there 8 years ago lost money 



MirilAKI, 8TIN.HON 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this IT* day of May IH77 

 (Seal.) K f HAIiSON 



('nil of Ctiitami 



Dint of OloucMirr 

 No. 13l>. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned Leuis McDonald 

 engaged in the fishing business, for the past Ten yearn, at North lUtra 

 Maine, and that since the Washington Treaty, HO culled, ba brcn to 

 effect, our vessels have been employed as follows: 



No. of Vessels employed 12, & fit 18 others engagwl n* below 



No. of Trips made .3 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence.. 187 - 1873 1H _ 74 |H7: ' |H:IJ 



4 4 .) 1 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. 



Lawrence 700 7(H) ik'iO 11 w 



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



ing Magdalene Islands Not one r..im I in Tea 



Average value of Vessels each t:i.3uo 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c |'J,000 each Vnwrl 



Average value of Insurance- 9 prr ct 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wage* JHT mo . 



Average value of Commissions, &c t'-i*) each Vprl 



Average value of Wharves, Fish-houses, &c., for curing ami JM kinu, 



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and lalwr on unorr.lUMJuo 

 Number of Vessels lost 

 Value of Vessels lost, including outfits 

 Value of Fish lost 

 Number of Lives lost 

 Total value of Fish taken, before curing, splitting, salting, AT. prr cwt 



:< rU 



Totol value of Mackerel taken, before curing, splitting, waiting. < 



perbbl 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British slioren 



Total value of Mackerel do 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel. 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel . 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year. 



Average amount paid in British ports for bait, u-e, an. 



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 ll 



Locations frequented by American ve* s fw MadWif^ ^ ^^ 



Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking. 

 Actual value of Mackerel in the water before fc 

 Facts as to changes in location and mode of 



? tvTnot made it a paying business sending V 

 St Laurence for Mackerel, for the last ; \e. 





