3214 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Valne of Vessels lost, including outfits Thirty Thousand Dollars 



Value of Fish lost 



Number of Lives lost Twenty Five 



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



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 opera f ive fishermen per year 



Two Hundred & Fifty Dollars 



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

 plies - Two Hundred Dollars 



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 Brown, La Have & Western 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 



We have had our vessels go to the Bay of Fundy in some cases but it 



has been unprofitable & we have discontinued it & confine our Fishing 



to the Banks outside of any National Jurisdiction and to our own shores 



H A BROWN & CO 



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

 (Seal.) C. G. SISTARE 



Notary Public 

 No. 141. 



Solemn Declaration of William Harvey concerning the Fislierws in Ameri- 

 can Canadian Waters 



I William Harvey reside at Aulds Cove Strait of Canso 



My name is William Harvey am fifty four years of age have been 

 engaged fishing since I was twelve Years old, have been employed from 

 Eighteen to twenty Seasons in American Vessels fishing for Cod and 

 Mackerel in the Gulf of St Lawrence and on the Atlantic Coast of 

 British America and two Seasons on the United States Coast. I have 

 often fished alongside of an American Mackerel fishing fleet when em- 

 ployed in Provincial fishing Vessels, the Catch of Mackerel by Colo- 

 nial Mackerel fishing vessels is not at all lessened on account of an 

 American fleet being alongside of them the main reason for that is I 

 think is that more bait is thrown out 



Fully one half of the Crews of American fishing Schooners visiting 

 the fishing grounds of Dominion of Canada are residents and subjects 

 of the Dominion of Canada In case they are employed on Shares their 

 Monthly Wages will average from thirty to thirty five Dollars per Month 

 many get for the trip lasting for about three Months from one hundred 

 and twenty to One hundred and fifty Dollars. 



They the American fishermen very seldom make use of our shore for 

 Curing their h'sh or drying Nets. 



