V.-THE LOFFODEN FISHERY IN 1880.^ 



By Lieut. Niels Juel. 



The foUowiug report concerning the Loffoden fishery in 1880 was pre- 

 pared for His Majesty the King, by Niels Juel, first lieutenant in the 

 navy, chief inspector of that fishery: 



The work of inspection continued from January 16 to April 14, over 

 the region from Loflbden to Guldvigen. The force consisted of 8 offlcers, 

 1 inferior oflicer, 2 mates, 3 foremen, 21 seamen, and 1 cook. Its dis- 

 tribution is shown in the annexed Table I. The time of its arrival at 

 Loffoden was as follows: January 16, the chief inspector and 2 men. 

 January 18, 1 officer and 4 men. January 25, 3 officers and 20 men. 

 February 1, 7 oflBcers and all the meu. February 3, the entire inspec- 

 tion force. 



Since, at the close of the month of January this year, fewer boats 

 than usual had arrived, only 1,800 against 3,100 in 1879, and 2,200 in 

 1878, no serious detriment followed from the small inspecting force at the 

 beginning of the fishery. The inspecting party was not ordered to meet 

 earlier simply because of the scantiness of the appropriation. It will 

 at the same time be unfortunate if such an arrangement be established 

 as a rule; the fact that there was no further injury to the preservation 

 of order or the service in general this year was simply because of the 

 circumstance that from the 20th of January to the end of the month 

 there were only three days in which the weather allowed the fishermen 

 to cross West Fjord. Because of the steamer's schedule, the chief in- 

 spector, together with the ofiicers and men, departed on the 13th of 

 April, with the exception of one officer, who remained at stations in 

 Flakstad until the inspection closed at midnight on the 14th. The offi- 

 cers were em'ployed on the average seventy-eight days, and the men 

 eighty-six, or, if the traveling-days be excluded, seventy-nine days. The 

 pay of the inspecting force amounted to 140 crowns (137.52) daily. The 

 average combined pay of the ofiicers was 624 crowns ($167.23), and of 

 the crew 185 crowns ($49.58). 



* Fra Opsynschefen red Lofoffiskeriet. Lofotfiskeriei, 1880. Kristiania. Trykt hos Chr. 

 Schibsted. Translated by Tarleton H. Bean. 



Note. — It will be observed that the totals in some of the statistical tables cannot 

 be obtained by adding their component parts. Whether this is due to omissions of 

 minor details or to typographical errors cannot now be determined, and the original 

 is reproduced without change. — Tr. 



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