738 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



45,203 barrels cod roe, at $12 $542, 436 



95,345 barrels cod-liver oil, at $16 1, 525, 520 



4,989,450 kilos. (10,999,741 pounds) fish guano. . ^ 



1,754,800 kilos. (4,068,632 pounds) fresh fish . . . } 400, 000 



1,270,348 pieces of lobster ^ 



Total 13,427,776 



1877. 



21 ,080,000 kilos. (46,472,968 pounds) dried fish, at $9.20 per 



100 kilos $1? ^^^' ^^^ 



45,870,000 kilos. (101,135,002 pounds) Mi^fiscli, at $8.20 per 



100 kilos ^? '^^^' ^^^ 



5,100 barrels of large herring ^ at $4.70 ^ 



16,600 barrels spring herring > per bar- ^ 3, 209, 630 



061,200 barrels summer herring, brisling, &c . . * rel. ) 



53,700 barrels cod-roe, at $6.60 408, 120 



130,600 barrels liver oil, at $14.80 1? 932, 880 



80,000 barrels salted cod, at $5.40 432, 000 



Fish and lobster guano, valued at 3 60, OOP 



Total "l2;043,330 



(The ofacial detailed lists of 1877 are not yet published.) 

 Adding for the production of the small daily fisheries and the con- 

 sumption in the country itself of about $5,000,000 a year, the total value 

 of the Norwegian fisheries amounts to, for 1876, $17,427,776, and for 

 1877, $16,043,330— a large amount for a country having hardly two mill- 

 ions of inhabitants. 



2. Value at the fisheries.* 



Winter and spring fisheries : 



Cod $3,022,00C 



Summer fisheries : 



Pollack, ling, molve, i&c 560,000 



Herring (including brisling or sprats) .... ^, 188, 000 



Mackerel "*'««" 



Salmon 128,000 



Lobster ^'">''">^ 



Total 6,172,000 



3. Statistics of the winter and spring fisheries. 

 a. Fishermen. 



Total number ^falll 



Those using nets exclusively ■> ' 'or 



Those using lines exclusively 16, 52o 



Those using bottom lines or palancres (trawls) 6, 804 



* Five francs considered as a dollar. 



