384 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



The following tables give a summary of the latest statistics of the 

 fisheries in Sapporo Ken. 



Table 1.— Product of the fisheries from 1678 to 1883.* 



Kind of fish. 



Herring {Clupea harengus) 



Spring salmon (Oncorhynchus perryi) .. 



Fall salmon (Oncorhynchus haberi) 



CoA. (Oadus brandtii) 



Pilchard (Clupea melanogastrula) 



Bechc-de-mer ("namako'") {Stichopus 



japnnicus) 



Ear-shell ("awabi") (Raliotis gigantea) . 



Onttle-fish 



Edible sea- weed ("kombn") {Lamina- 



ria japonica) 



Total 



* A partial statement of the product for 1884 in kokus was as follows: Herring, 560,650; spring sa 

 mon, 1.236; fall salmon, 36,541 ; and cod, 6.480. 

 t A koku equals 7.55 cubic feet. 



Table 11.— Value of the fislieriea from 1878 to 1883. * 



Kind of fish. 



Herring (Clupea liarengus) 



Spring salmon (Oncorhynchus 

 perryi) 



Fall salmon (Oncorhynchus haberi) 



Cod (Gadus brandtii) 



Pilchard (Clupea melanogastrula) . 



Beche-de-mer ("namako") (Sti- 

 chopus juponicxis) 



Ear-shell ("awabi") (Maliotis 

 gigantea) 



Cuttle-tish 



Edible sea-weed ("korabu") (La- 

 minaria japonica) 



Total 



* For the value of the Sapporo fisheries in 1884, see Fish Commission Bulletin for 1886, p. 345. 



t The values are expressed in yen paper. Taking the sUvir yen (416 grains, nine-tenths silver, now 

 worth about 80 cents) at 100, the paper yen has about the following relative values : lu 1878, $1.05; in 

 1879, $1.16; in 1880. $1.79; in 1881, $1.70; in 1882, $1.00 ; in 1883, $1.26, and in 1884, $1.11. 



Additional facts for 1883. — Fishermen in the Ken (or district), 1G,064; 

 t' Yatoi" or hired men, who come from Ilondo (the main island) annually, 

 28,065; fishing s mack. «i, 5,411 ; trap-nets, 1,790; seines, 350 ; gill-nets, 

 35,391. 



The taxation on the products of the sea and river ranges from 7 to 20 

 per cent of the product. The cost of collection ranges in diti'erent 

 years from one-third to nearly one-half of the tax collected. For the 

 most part it is collected in kind. The number of tax collectors and 

 officials for attending to this, the only paying industry of Hokkaido, is 

 very large. It is, however, the intention of the Hokkaido Cho to 

 diminish the tax, to simplify the collection, and to reduce the number 

 of officials. 



Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, May 11, 1886. 



