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THE FISHERIES OF THE ADRIATIC, 



nourishment consists in a great degree of fish ; hence it may be taken that 

 the ordinary fish is consumed entirely on the coast, and that the total local 

 consumption amounts to two-thirds of the whole take. The greater part of 

 the prime (including sardines) is salted for export to Trieste, Italy, and 

 Genoa. 



Exportation of salt fish from Dalmatia. 



If we recapitulate, we arrive at the following figures : — 



total catch, say, 10,000,000 kilogr. ; 

 value 2,100,000 florins; 



or an average price of 21 soldi per kilo. This is, however, probably a 

 minimum estimate. I should be inclined to put it at 2,500,000 florins, if 

 not more. 1 



The share of the Italian fishermen in the Austrian-Hungarian fisheries, 

 according to the official statistics for the year 1878 to 1879, is as follows : — 



1 Part of the foregoing information is taken from Count Marazzi's report, but I have been 

 obliged to demur to his concluding figures ; Count M. puts the total yield at 5,750,000 kilogr., 

 which is too low; and the value at 5,690,000 francs, which, proportionately to the quantity 

 given, is much too high ; but it must not be forgotten that Count M. had not to hand the official 

 statistics that are now published. 



