AND THE FISH THEREOF. I57 



the proportion of prime fish ; the yield of the Tunny fisheries is liable to 

 great fluctuations, thus : — 



in 1877 68,140 kilogr.; value, 26,271 florins; 



in 1878 I57.II3 » » 79.462 



in 1879 87,068 „ „ 34,828 



The average yield for eight years was 122,000 kilogr. ; value, 60,000 florins. 

 The total yield of the fisheries in the said years amounted to : — 



in 1877 744,374 kilogr.; value, 144,217 florins; 



in 1878 927.474 » „ 228,874 



in 1879 529.508 „ „ 143.197 



The average yield for eight years was 778,000 kilogr. of fish and 31,000 

 crabs; value, 152,000 florins. The share of the Italian fishermen was 

 between one-fourth and three-fifths of the total catch : — ■ 



1877 198,187 kilogr. 



1878 272,402 ,, 



i879 319.978 » 



The ordinary fish is consumed on the coast; whereas the prime, and 

 more especially the tunny-fish, is much exported to the neighbouring markets 

 and to Italy, in a fresh state. The proportion of salted fish was formerly 

 higher than in I stria on account of the want of railway communication, but 

 this has since changed in favour of this coast. 



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3. Dalmatian Coast and Archipelago. — Average total, 5,500,000 to 

 6,000,000 kilogr. ; value, 1,400,000 florins. The value suffers from want of 

 markets and railway communication ; and this tells most on the value of the 

 prime, which elsewhere is exported in a fresh state. Two-fifths consist of 

 prime and three-fifths of ordinary. The local consumption is large, owing 

 to the long extension of coast and the poverty of the inhabitants, whose 



