CHAPTER III. 



PERSONS EMPLOYED, SALARIES, AND WAGES. 



Persons employed. The census was intended to 

 include a report of all persons actually engaged in 

 commercial fishing, whether on vessels, in boats, or on 

 the shore. 



The instructions to the special agents in regard to 

 the enumeration of the persons employed were in part 

 as follows: 



Proprietors, firm members, and independent fishermen. Stockhold- 

 ers of corporations should not be reported unless they are also em- 

 ployees of the company. A person fishing on shares, delivering a 

 part of the catch to another person and selling the remainder, should 

 not be considered as an independent fisherman; in this case the 

 person to whom a part of the catch was delivered should be con- 

 sidered the proprietor. It is desired to show in the report the total 

 number of persons engaged in fishing. For this reason it is necessary 

 to indicate whether the proprietor was actually engaged in fishing. 

 In the great majority of cases the proprietor will be found to be so 

 engaged, but in cases where he is not, this fact should be indicated 

 in the space provided. If the ownership of the vessel is in shares, 

 a number of which are held by parties who take no part in its man- 

 agement, these parties should be reported as "shareholders." Per- 

 sons reported in inquiries 2, 3, and 4 should not be duplicated when 

 more than one schedule is secured for operations carried on under 

 the same ownership. 



Salaried employees. There will probably be comparatively few 



cases where it will be necessary to answer this inquiry. It applies 

 only to large companies having a managing office in which records 

 of the fishing are kept by salaried employees. Persons reported in 

 this inquiry should not be reported on another schedule. 



Vessel crew. The regular crew, including the fishermen on the 

 vessel, should be reported as "vessel crew." If the captain or any 

 other member of the crew has been reported as a proprietor, he 

 should not be reported here. Where fishermen are working on 

 snares, it will be necessary to estimate the annual wages. Where 

 board is provided for fishermen as part compensation, the value of 

 provisions thus used should not be included in wages, but should 

 be reported separately as provided for in the schedule. 



The number of shoresmen reported represents only 

 persons employed on shore' in direct connection with 

 the fisheries, and does not include those employed in 

 secondary handling of fishery products in canneries, 

 packing houses, and other establishments. For these 

 reasons the number of persons reported as shoresmen 

 is not comparable in all cases with the number shown 

 by the Bureau of Fisheries in its various annual re- 

 ports, which includes those employed in fish-packing 

 and canning establishments. The statistics for the 

 canneries and packing houses are given in Chapter 

 VIII. 



PERSONS EMPLOYED: 1908. 



(14) 



Exclusive of 3,952 proprietors not fishing. 



> Includes provisions furnished to the value of $1,803,000. 



