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NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED. 



As regards the number of people employed in the Cana- 

 dian industry (as distinguished from those owning or having 

 interests in the schooners, or engaged in transportation), 

 the Tables already refeired to show that there are now 

 employed in, and dei)ending for subsistence upon, this indus- 

 try 1,458 ])ersons, viz., 1,007 whites and 451 Indians. As ..-^pppnf'Jx.voi. 

 to the wages obtained by them, Mr. Gleadowe reports: "'^" 



The men employed upon a schooner are paid, some hy fixed wages 

 and some by commission or lay on skins taken, and some by both. 

 Thus, cooks and seamen are generally ])aid wages only, and those high 

 wages from 30 to 60 dollars a-montli, besides board; but hunters, 

 whether white or Indian, are paid by lay only, and the amount of each 

 varies Itom 1 dol. 50 c. to 3 dol. 50 c. a skin, or even more, the average 

 being about 3 dollars. ... A good hunter may easily make 1,000 

 or 1,500 dollars in a season. . . . The captain and mate are paid 

 mainly by wages, but alHO have, in addition, a small lay on the skins; 

 the captain often gets 50 dollars a-month, and 25 cents or 50 cents on 

 every skin taken by the schooner, and the mate 40 and 50 dollars 

 a-month and a lay on every skin taken by the stern-boat, which is 

 specially under his charge. Where no lay is given the captain will 

 get higher wages — in some cases 100 dollars. 



The Indian hunters appear to be especially dependent 

 upon the industry, and with reference to them Mr. Glea- 

 dowe writes : 



In many cases, the enforcement of the modus vhiendi deprived them Ibid, 

 of their only means of livelihood, and I cannot but fear, from what I 

 heard from the Indian agent, that very great distress resulted in many 

 Indian villages up the coast from prohibition. 



For the reasons above given, it is submitted that the 

 investment in Canada in pelagic sealing is substantial, and 

 that the claims of those engaged in pelagic sealing — whose 

 interests are directly involved in the decisions of this Tri- 

 bunal — cannot with justice be neglected in the considera- 

 tion of any Ilegulations which may affect the future of this 

 important industry. 



