3346 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



are uuder bonds to him in the snm of six thousand dollars ; that 

 be has given especial attention to informing himself from all possible 

 sources of information, in what waters, and what coasts the fish, which 

 has passed under his supervision since he came into his said office, were 

 caught ; that he has also required and received sworn returns or affida- 

 vits from a large number of his deputies, many of whom are owners of 

 the fishing vessels ; many of whom have been engaged in the fishing it- 

 self, and all of whom have as accurate knowledge on the subject as is pos- 

 sible to be obtained, showing the number of barrels of fish caught 

 within the three mile line of the coast of Her Britannic Majesty's Do- 

 minions in North America, during the fishing seasons of 1867 and 1876, 

 inclusive, upon which said returns or affidavits, and upon his own best 

 knowledge and belief, and upon his own reports as aforesaid, he says as 

 follows: That in the year ending December 20th, 1867, there were in- 

 spected in said Commonwealth, two hundred and eleven thousand five 

 hundred and ten barrels of mackerel, and no more ; that he has affida- 

 vits as aforesaid, covering some ninety-seven thousand barrels of said 

 mackerel, of which only some two thousand were caught within said 

 three mile line, or in other words, about two and one-sixteenth per cent., 

 which applied to the whole catch of that year, would give some forty- 

 three hundred and sixty barrels of mackerel only that were caught 

 within said line, in said year of 1867. 



That in the year ending December 20th, 1868, there were inspected 

 in said Commonwealth, one hundred and eighty thousand and fifty-six 

 barrels of mackerel and no more. That of this number he has affida- 

 vits as aforesaid covering some one hundred and two thousand barrels 

 of said mackerel and no more of which only some sixteen hundred bar- 

 rels were caught within said three mile line, or in other words some one 

 and one-half per cent, which applied to the whole catch of that year 

 would give some twenty-seven hundred barrels of mackerel only that 

 were caught within said three mile line in said year of L868. 



That in the year ending December 20th, 1869, there were inspected in 

 said Commonwealth, two hundred and thirty-four thousand two hun- 

 dred barrels of mackerel and no more, and that of this number he has 

 affidavits as aforesaid covering some one hundred and thirty-two thou- 

 sand barrels and no more of said mackerel, of which only eighteen hun- 

 dred barrels were caught within said three mile line, or in other words 

 some one and one-third per cent, which applied to the whole catch of 

 that year, would give some thirty-one hundred barrels of mackerel only 

 that were caught within said three-mile line in said year of 1869. 



That in the year ending December 20th, 1870, there were inspected in 

 said Commonwealth three hundred and eighteen thousand five hundred 

 and twenty one barrels of mackerel and no more, and that of this num- 

 ber he has affidavits as aforesaid, covering someone hundred and ninety- 

 eight thousand barrels and no more of said mackerel, of which only 

 some twenty-five hundred barrels were caught within said three mile 

 line, or in other words some one and one-eight per cent, which applied 

 to the whole catch of that year would give some thirty-five hundred 

 barrels of mackerel only that were caught within said three mile line in 

 said year of 1870. 



That in the year ending December 20th, 1871, there were inspected in 

 said Commonwealth, two hundred and fifty-nine thousand, four hundred 

 and sixteen barrels and no more, of mackerel, and that of this number 

 he has affidavits as aforesaid, covering some one hundred and eighty- 

 five thousand barrels and no more of said mackerel, of which only some 

 eighteen hundred barrels were caught within said three mile line, or in 



