APPENDIX B. 



SCHEDULES. 



SHORE AND BOAT FISHERIES. 



[Albshore and boat fisheries must be reported on this schedule. If packing 

 houses or canneries are operated under the same ownership, a report should 

 also be madeon Schedule EE3— 249. Vessel fisheries should not beincluded 

 in this report but should be reported on Schedule EE2 — 248.] 



Name of company or individual operating the fishery 



Post office (give city, street, and number) 



Location County 



.State.. 



(Give name or description of water upon which fishing operations are conducted.) 



Washington, D. C, January 4, i909. 



The act of Congress of June 7, 1906, authorizes the Director of the Census, in coop- 

 eration with the Bureau of Fisheries, to take a census of the fishing industry. 



The information returned on this schedule should cover the business year most 

 nearly conforming to the year ending December 3J , 1908. All questions that require 

 a fixed time, such as cash on hand and values of property, should be of the date of 

 the beginning of the year covered by the report. 



A 11 answers will be held absolutely confidential. No publication will be made in the 

 Census reports disclosing the operations of individuals or companies in any par- 

 ticular, and the information will be used only for the statistical purposes for which it 

 was given. 



The canvass will be made under the supervision of Mr. W. M. Steuart, chief 



statistician for manufactures. 



S. N. D. North, 



Director of the Census. 



Extract from act of Congress, March 3, 1899: 



Section 22. — * * * "And every president, treasurer, secretary, director, agent, 

 or other officer of every corporation, and every establishment of productive industry, 

 whether conducted as a corporate body, limited liability company, or by private 

 individuals, from which answers to any of the schedules, inquiries, or statistical 

 interrogatories provided for by this act are herein required, who shall, if thereto 

 requested by the Director supervisor, enumerator, or special agent, willfully neglect 

 or refuse to give true and complete answers to any inquiries authorized by this act, 

 or shall willfully give false information, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 

 conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding ten thousand dollars, to which may 

 be added imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year." 



CERTIFICATE. 



This is to certify that the information contained in this schedule is complete and 



correctto the best of my knowledge and belief, and covers the period from , 



190..., to ,190.... 



(Signature of special agent.) 



(Signature of the person furnishing the 

 information.) 



Each question should be answered; if any inquiry is not applicable and no answer 

 can be made, write the word "None." 



1. CAPITAL INVESTED— OWNED AND BORROWED: The answer must 

 show the total amount of capital, both owned and borrowed. All the items of 

 fixed and live capital may be taken at the amounts carried on the books. If 

 land or buildings are rented, that fact should be stated and the value given. The 

 value of all items of live capital, bills receivable, unsettled ledger accounts, 

 materials, products, and cash on hand, etc. , should be given as of the beginning 

 of the business year reported. 



Motor boats 



Sailboats 



Rowboats 



Scows 



Abalone outfits 



Bag nets 



Beam trawIs,otter trawls 



Bow nets 



Cast nets 



Crawfish pots 



Num- 

 ber. 



Value. 



Cunner nets, cunner 

 traps, snap nets 



Dip nets 



Dredges, tongs, rakes, 

 forks, nippers, scrapes, 

 grabs, shovels 



Eel pots and traps 



Firearms, guns, rifles, 

 bomb guns 



Fyke nets, hoop nets — 



Num- 

 ber. 



2. PROPRIETORS, FIRM MEMBERS, AND INDEPENDENT FISHER- 

 MEN: Number 



If any of the proprietors or firm members reported above] 



were not personally engaged in fishing, give the number> Number 



not so engaged: ) 



3. SALARIED EMPLOYEES: Number Amount paid in salaries, 



(Salaried officers, maaagers, clerks, etc.) 



QUANTITY AND VALUE OF YEAR'S CATCH: Report all fishery prod- 

 ucts, including aquatic mammals, reptiles, shellfish, sponges, etc., taken during 

 the year. Give the name and total quantity and value of each species caught 

 by each kind of apparatus. If the "pounds" is not known and can not be 

 estimated, give the "bushels" or "number" and state what unit of measure 

 is used. 



Remarks:. 



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