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AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



CUSTOM-HOUSE, BOSTON, MASS., 

 Collector's Office, October 9th, 1871. 



Statement of the importations of mackerel into the port of Boston, January 1st, 1877, to Sev- 



teniber 30th, 1877. 



No importations of mackerel from Newfoundland. 



BOSTON CUSTOM-HOUSE, 

 Oollec'or's Office, October 17, 1877. 



I hereby certify the foregoing statements to be true, as appearing upon the records of this office. 

 &L. s.] J. M. FISKE, 



Asst. Dept. Collector. 



IV. 



Statement taken from the Books of Gloucester Firms, produced by Mr. 

 Babson, filed by Mr. Foster on October 24, 1877, and objected to by the 

 British Counsel as not being properly verified, and therefore inadmissible 

 as evidence, but admitted by Commissioners for ivhat it may be worth. 



I, BENJ. F. BLATCHFORD, an Inspector of Customs, for the Dis- 

 trict of Gloucester, on oath, do depose and say, that at the request of 

 Hon. Dwight Foster, I visited the fishing firms of this city, and re- 

 quested from them a statement, taken from their books, of the number of 

 vessels employed in the Bay of St. Lawrence mackerel fisheries, and 

 the number of Bay mackerel packed by them each year, from I860 to 

 1877. Also the same statistics in regard to the United States shore 

 mackerel fishery, and annexed I send a true copy of their several re- 

 ports made to me marked A, B, &c. 



BENJ. F. BLATCHFORD. 



MASSACHUSETTS, ESSEX, SS. 



Personally appeared, said Blatchford, who made oath to the truth of 

 the above affidavit. Before me, 



AARON PARSONS, 



Justice of the Peace. 



