AND THE FISH THEREOF. 



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Government pays for the capture of the shark of the species Carcharodon a reward varying from 

 20 florins for specimens under 1 metre in length to 100 florins for specimens over 4 m. in length, 

 if casually caught ; but, if special chase is made after a particular Shark, its capture is rewarded 

 with 100 florins for specimens from 1 m. to 4 m. in length, and with 500 florins if above 4 m. in 

 length. Of 53 Sharks sent to the Trieste Museum, from 1872 to 1882, for identification, there 

 were : — 



21 Carcharodon Rondeletii. 



23 Lamna Spallanzanii. 

 2 Odontaspis ferox. 



2 Odontaspis taurus. 

 2 Notidanus griseus. 

 2 Carcharias lamia. 



1 Carcharias glyphis. 



These varied in length from 1-46 m. to 5*30 m., 7 were above 4 m. in length, and the largest 

 Lamna measured 3^50 m. 



Specification of the average animal quantity and value of Fishing Craft 

 and Gear, native and Italian, actually engaged in the Austrian fisheries 

 [the Hungarian-Croatian littoral excluded) during the last five years 

 {from Official Statistics). 



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