HERRING-FISHERIES ON THE COAST OF SWEDEN. 167 



VIII. — OF THE IMMEDIATE CONTINUATION OF THE INVESTIGATIONS 

 AND THE SUMS REQUIRED FOR THIS PURPOSE. 



My time during the coming year might be most advantageously em- 

 ployed in correcting and completing the information thus far gathered- 

 and in extending my observations to the herring and small-herring fish- 

 eries of the South Baltic, the Kattegat, and Southern Norway ; although 

 it would certainly be a great advantage if, before any fishing-experi- 

 ments were made, the observations which are independent of the fish- 

 eries were more advanced than they now are or can be. Nevertheless, 

 these experiments ought not to be delayed too long, even if in the begin- 

 ning they must be made on a less extensive scale and in a shorter time. 



I dare not renew the request which I made last year that I might 

 receive scientific assistance for the carrying-on of these investigations, 

 as long as the members of the committee do not express a desire to have 

 these investigations made on a larger scale, and with greater dispatch 

 ,than heretofore. But as the apparatus for carrying on these investiga- 

 tions, and which I furnished from my own means, has proved entirely 

 insufficient, 1 and as the sums which were at my disposal have been ex- 

 pended in buying the necessary books, I feel justified, from my experi- 

 ence of last year, in making a request for the following sums, both for 

 buying apparatus and for meeting other expenses incurred during the 

 course of these investigations : 



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1. For glass vessels and alcohol $224 



2. For scientific apparatus 84 



3. For buying and hiring nets and paying the fishermen, suppos- 



ing that these observations can begin next year 420 



4. For paying assistants, who are to take notes on the fisheries 



in the most important fishiug-statious 392 



Total 1, 120 



AXEL VILRELM LJUNGMAN. 

 Tjorn, June 4, 1874. 



1 The want of suitable vessels for keeping the herring of different seasons, locatiozrf, 

 ages, and sizes separate has been particularly felt. 



