3210 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



there the Vessels cannot pay expenses I have therefore abandoned 

 the Business at that point and confine my Vessels to the Ocean Hanks 

 for fish and off our own shores for Mackerel using Seines & Trauls 



LEWIS MCDONALD 



Sworn and subscribed to before ine, this 25 day of May 1877 

 (Seal.) F T BABSON 



Collector of Customs 



Dist of Gloucester 

 No. 137. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned C Wasgatt & Company have 

 been engaged in the fishing business for the past Sixteen years, at Swans 

 Island Maine, and that since the Washington Treaty, so called, has been 

 in effect, our vessels have been employed as follows: Namely since 

 1866 



No. of Vessels employed .............. Ten (10) 14 men to each Vessel 



No. of Trips made ............... ........ five trips yearly each year 



No. of Trips to Bay St Lawrence 



1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 

 6 00 00 00 1 00 00 00 00 00 00 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St Lawrence 



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



ing Magdalene Islands ...... None caught within three miles of Shore 



Average value of vessels each ................................ $4000 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c ..................... $2200 



Average value of Insurance ............ 9 per cent on Vessel & Outfits 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages per mo ____ $32 



Average value of Commissions, &c ........ $225 to each Captain yearly 



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



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 



. $2500 yearly 

 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, &c., per 



cwt ...................................... , .............. SOcts 



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



bbl ...................................................... $2.25 



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

 Total value of Mackerel do .................................. nothing 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



No Is 16 No 2 11 No 3 7.50 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel " " 11 " " 7 " " 5.25 

 Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year ............ $225 



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



plies ..................................................... 1200$ 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring .................. 1000$ 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages 

 Amount paid to British ports for repairs 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Cape May to Gulf of St Lawrence 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 

 Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking .............. Nothing 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water before taken. . <; 



