3344 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



which was all her catch for that season. The vessel's share was $1,085. 

 That James Hewlett was oue of the crew of said vessel on said voyage, 

 which was the only voyage he made in her after mackerel. That his 

 share of said voyage was eighty-seven dollars and 71-100, which was 

 trusteed and paid to Lawyer Perrin. 



CHAELES E. PARKHUEST. 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, ) 



ESSEX, s. s., 



Sept. 21sfc, 1877. ) 



Then personally appeared the above named Charles E. Parkhurst and 

 made oath that the above statement, by him subscribed, is true, before 

 me, 



DAVID W. LOW, 



Notary Public. 

 No. 278. 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



ESSEX, SS. 



I, Zebulon Tarr, of Gloucester, in said County of Essex, and Com- 

 monwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that I have been en- 

 gaged in the herring business somewhat extensively in the Province of 

 New Brunswick, in the harbors of Deer Isle, St. Andrew's, Blies Island, 

 and other harbors at which herring are to be bought or obtained. 

 Within the last ten years I have bought fifteen trips of herring, averag- 

 ing two hundred and twenty thousand each, at a cost of four dollars 

 and fifty cents a thousand, amounting to fourteen thousand eight hun- 

 dred and fifty dollars. Two trips, three hundred thousand each, at five 

 dollars a thousand, amounting to three thousand dollars. 



Witness my hand, this seventeenth day of October, in the year of our 

 Lord eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. 



ZEBULON TAER. 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, 



ESSEX, SS. EOCKPORT, October 17th, 1877. 



Then personally appeared the above named Zebulon Tarr, and made 

 solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him subscribed, 

 before me, 



NATHANIEL F. S. YOEK, 



Justice of the Peace. 

 No. 279. 



We have been asked to make a statement of the number of barrels of 

 herring caught in American waters on the coast of the United States, 

 and the number of barrels of herring caught in Foreign waters during 

 the last year handled by us, and to state the relative value of each 

 barrel in its green state as it is when taken from the water. 



We find upon examination of our books that we have taken in our 

 business during the last year (28,208) twenty-eight thousand two hun- 

 dred and eight barrels of herring. 



(16,063) sixteen thousand and sixty-three barrels were caught on the 

 coast of the United States, between Eastport, Maine, and Provincetown,. 

 Massachusetts. 



