3212 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Number of Vessels lost - one 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits Three Thousand Dollars 



Value of Fish lost none 



Number of Lives lost Six 



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

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

 bbl. 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores none 



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 



Two Hundred & fifty Dolls 



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

 plies yearly one Hundred Dolls 



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 



Georges & Lahave Banks 

 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 Nothing 



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

 eries 



Our vessels are engaged mostly in the Halibut & Cod Fisheries Some 

 of them have tried down to the Bay of Fundy & have proved a failure 

 for this reason we confine our fishing to the American waters & the 

 Ocean Banks not using the British waters for any fishing whatever 



JAMES FITCH 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 17th day of May 1877 

 (Seal.) C. G. S1STARE 



Notary Public 

 No. 139. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, composing the firm of C A 

 Weaver & Co New London Conn have been engaged in the fishing busi- 

 ness for the past 35 years, at New London Conn and that since the 

 Washington Treaty, so called, has been in effect, our vessels have been 

 employed as follows : 



No. of Vessels employed 15 



No. of Trips made .Eight 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence none 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence none 



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



Magdalene Islands none 



Average value of Vessels each 4000 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c 3'JOO 



Average value of Insurance nine per ent 



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



Average value of Commissions, &c Four Hundred 



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



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 



Twenty Thousand doll 

 Number of Vessels lost.. ..3. 



