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individual native fisherman falls short of the gain of the Italian fishermen, 

 who devote the whole of their time to fishing and exercise their calling on 

 a much more extensive scale, considering the number of men employed and 

 the capital invested in their craft and gear. The gross profit of the fisheries, 

 compared with the capital invested, is as nearly as possible ioo °/ in both 

 instances. 



The yield of the tunny fisheries on the Hungarian-Croatian coast was : — 



Florins. Tons. 



1876—77 26,271 ... 68 



1877—78 79462 ... 157 



1878—79 34»828 ... 87 



total for three years ... 140,561 ... 312 



Average per annum, 46,854 florins; 104 tons. 1 



The fishermen engaged in the Tunny fisheries on the Hungarian-Croatian 

 littoral receive from 28 florins to 72 florins per ton, according to circum- 

 stances, say, an average of 50 florins, or 5,200 florins on 104 tons. If we, 

 further, deduct rent, 5,000 florins; interest on capital invested, 1,200 florins; 

 wear and tear and maintenance, 3,000 florins ; sundries, 2,000 florins, there 

 remains a profit of 30,000 florins to the farmer, — a profit which might be 

 greatly increased if a system of properly salting the fish caught in excess of 

 the local demand were introduced. 



Note. — This calculation is based on the supposition that all the fish 

 caught is sold ; but it appears that a great quantity of fish caught in excess 

 of the local demand is spoiled in transit to other markets, owing to the want 

 of a proper system of salting; and, whereas the local demand is probably 

 not more than one-half the quantity which serves as the basis of this 

 calculation, it is safer not to put the net profit to the farmer at above from 

 15,000 to 20,000 florins. 



1 The average for eight years is 122 tons. 



