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THE LOFFODEN FISHERY IN 1880. 



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Table VII shows the number of telegrams sent and received at the 

 above-named 12 stations between January 1 and April 30. The state- 

 ment is a summary kindly communicated by J. B. Lie, inspector in the 



district of Tromso : 



Table VII. 



For comparison the number of telegrams dispatched during the fish- 

 ing-season in the last three years is appended : 



The number of telegrams exceeds that of last year by 2,300. The in- 

 crease is marked at stations in East Loffoden, and, as to time, during 

 the month of March. 



In my report for 1878, as well as in that of 1879, I stated that the 

 number of lines was too smaU for the amount of correspondence, a view 

 which was shared by the telegraph department, which therefore in both 

 of these years solicited Parliament for the necessary license to establish 

 a new wire between Ure and Henningsvaer, but in vain. I must there- 

 fore this year again emphasize the necessity of this line, for under ex- 

 isting circumstances the detention of messages, which is essentially 

 due to the want of a sufficient number of wires, is frequently highly 

 perceptible and has occasioned considerable loss of both time and money. 

 S. Mis. 110 35 



