APPENDIX. 



301 



VESSEL FISHERIES. 



[AU vessel fisheries must be reported on this schedule. If packing 

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

 also be made on Schedule EE3-249. Shore and boat fisheries should not be 

 included in this report, but should be reported on Schedule EE1-247.] 



Name of company or individual for whom this report is made. 



Post office (give city, street, and number) 



County State 



Name of vessel Net tonnage 



Hailing port Fishing port 



Washington, D. C, January 4, 1909. 



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

 cooperation 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 31, 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. 



All answers will be held absolutely confidential. No publication will be made 

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

 particular, 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. Nokth, 

 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, will- 

 fully 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 

 correct to 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, or vessels are chartered, that fact should be stated and 

 the value given. The value of all items of live capital, bills receivable, un- 

 settled ledger accounts, materials, products, and cash on hand, etc., should be 

 given as of the beginning of the business year reported. 



FishingfSteam ormotori 



vessels jSail 



(Steam or' 

 Transporting 



vessels 



motor 1.. 



Sail 



Boats carried on vessels. . 

 Outfit (provisions, fuel, 



salt, ice, bait) 



Beam trawls, otter trawls 

 Dredges, tongs, hoes, 



rakes, forks, nippers, 



scrapes, grabs, shovels. 



Eel pots and traps 



Firearms, guns, rifles, 



bomb guns 



Fyke nets, hoop nets 



Gill nets, drift nets, set 



nets, stake nets 



Harpoons, spears 



Haul and other seines.. . 

 Lines— hand, trawl, and 



set 



Lobster pots and traps. . 

 Paranzella nets 



Num- 

 ber. 



Value. 



Purse seines 



Sponge apparatus, hooks, 

 water glasses, and div- 

 ing equipment 



Trammel nets 



Trap nets 



Num- 

 ber. 



Land, buildings, machinery, 

 tools, implements, and all 

 fixed capital , for which sepa- 

 rate values are not given 



Cash, bills receivable, unsettled 

 ledger accounts, materials on 

 hand, and sundries not re- 

 ported above 



Total 



( If more thanoneblankisfilled 

 out for the same individual or 

 company, the last two items may 

 be reported on one blank.) 



1 Mark "Aux." if equipped with both sail and mechanical motive power. 



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: j 



3. SALARIED EMPLOYEES: Number Amount paid in salaries, 



(Salaried officers, managers, clerks, etc.) 



i. WAGE-EARNERS (not including employees 

 reported above). 



Vessel crew 



Shoresmen (not including employees of packing houses) 

 Estimated cost of provisions supplied to employees (not to be in- 

 cluded in wages) 



Number. 



Total amount 

 paid in wages 

 during year. 



5. QUANTITY AND VALUE OF YEAR'S CATCH: Report all fishery products, 

 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 "bUSnels" nr "i""ihor' 1 anri ctato wliat unit nf moaoin-o ic ncaH 



'number ' and state what unit of measure is used. 



Remarks: 



PACKING HOUSES AND CANNERIES. 



f Establishments engaged in the canning and preserving of fish and in the 

 manufacture of fertilizer, oils, etc., from same must be reported on this 

 schedule. If fishing operations are conducted under the same ownership, 

 a report must also be made on the schedules provided for this purpose. 

 Vessel fisheries must be reported on Schedule EE2— 248 and shore or boat 

 fisheries on Schedule EE 1—247.1 



Name of company or individual operating the establishment. 



Location: 



State County 



City or village Street and No. 



. Post office 



General office at 



(Establishments operated under the same ownership and located in different states 

 must be reported separately.) 



Washington, D. C, January 4, 1909. 



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

 cooperation 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 31, 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. 



All answers will be held absolutely confidential. No publication will be made in 

 the census reports disclosing the operations of individuals or companies in any 

 particular, 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 thou- 

 sand dollars, to which may be added imprisonment for a period not exceeding 

 one year. " 



