3456 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



in the Newfoundland fisheries between the 15th of November and the 

 1st of March next ensuing. 



Article 35. A return premium may be allowed whenever any policy 

 issued by this company shall be canceled. 



Article 56. At the close of the business of the year, if it should appear 

 that a profit had been made in the business of the company, the same 

 shall be divided among the premiums earned by insurance on the stock 

 held by each stockholder ; and should there be a loss in the business of 

 the company, the same shall be assessed according to the above-named 

 conditions as regards profit. 



No. 3. 



FISHING SHIPPING PAPER. 

 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF GLOUCESTER. 



IT is AGREED between , agent or owner of the Schooner 



qualified by law for carrying on the BANK and other 



FISHERIES of the United States, and Master or Skipper 



of the said Schooner, and the Fishermen whose names are to this agree- 

 ment subscribed, that the said will at own expense, 



equip the said Schooner with all the necessary tackle and 



apparel for a fishing voyage or voyages ; the provision, salt, and craft 



shall be provided and paid for by and that said 



Master or Skipper, with the said Fishermen will pursue the Cod or 



other Fisheries, in the Schooner during the present fish- 

 ing season, and will use their best endeavors to procure all the Fish, 

 Oil, &c., they can, and for the success of the voyage or voyages they 

 may go ; and will be ready at all times, and will never leave the said 



Schooner without permission from the Owner or Master 



thereof. And it is agreed that the owner or Agent may dispose of and 

 sell all the Fish, Oil, &c., that may be landed from the said Schooner 

 whenever he may think proper, and after deducting from the Gross 

 Stock all charges for Ice, Bait, Straw for Bait, and Nippers, the net 

 proceeds to be divided, one-half to the Owner or Owners, the remaining 

 half among the Fishermen, in proportion to the quantity or number of 

 fish which they shall have respectively caught, each man paying his 

 proportion of the expense of Packing Mackerel, Freight and expense 

 in shipping Fish, &c., home, in accordance with the number or quantity 

 caught, and each one of the Crew with the Skipper to pay an equal part 

 of the following charges, viz: Cooking, Sawing, Wood, Water, Hoisting, 

 Medicine, scraping masts, and tarring rigging. And the said owner 

 doth hereby stipulate and agree with said fishermen, that he will render 

 a just and true account of the delivery and sales of said Fish, Oil, &c. 

 And it is further Agreed between the parties, that the Master or Skip- 

 per, together with the fishermen, are entitled to all the benefits and privi- 

 leges, and subject to all the duties and penalities, provided by a law of 

 the United States, entitled "An Act concerning certain Fisheries of the 

 United States, and for the Regulation and Government of Fishermen 

 employed therein." 



Time of Entry. Men's Names. 



Quality. Witness to their Sign- 



ing. 



Time for which they 

 Engage. 



Countersigned, 



