688 EEPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [56] 



Table LVIII. 



Yield of guano factories. 



Lyngvaer. 



Guano. ' Fish meal. 



1875. 

 1876. 

 1877 

 1878. 

 1879 



Heads 

 con- 

 sumed. 



Sncks of 200 pounds. 



2-poand i 200-pound >,;„; „ 



packages. I sacks. Millions. 



11, 650 

 10, 000 



9,880 

 13, 500 

 16, 700 



8,000 

 9,960 



8, 630 

 6,150 

 7,600 



4, 000 

 3,100 



4,080 



1,900 

 2, 420 

 1, 200 

 1, .^OO 



•-':!, 650 

 23, 060 

 22, 560 

 21, 809 

 26, 640 



14.3 

 14.0 

 13.7 

 1.3. 2 

 16.0 



Average. 



12, 350 



,070 



a'?, 550 



10 6 



Of luediciiial oil manulactories there are now two in Skioven, one in 

 Svolvser, two in Kabelvaag, two in Henuing.svoer, and one in each of 

 the stations Stamsund, Stene, and Balstad. Altogether they can util- 

 ize about 500 barrels of livers daily. 



For consumption during- the fishery are used 750,000 fish. For use at 

 home fully 250,000 are sent. This million is not included in the forego- 

 ing statement. 



According to the statement of the treasurer of the medical fund, the 

 medical taxes for 1879 amounted, in the counties of Xorland and Tromso, 

 to 95,120.3;) crowns ($25,494.65), divided as follows: 



Crown.s. Dollars. 



187,077 times 120 split cod, 22,521,240 fish . . 25, 023. 60 6, 706 32 



26,370 vogs of salted fish in vessel .... . . 293. 00 78 52 



718,013 vogs of dried cod,* 19,386,351 fish. . 23, 933. 77 6, 414 25 



271,706 barrels herring. . 18, 113. 73 4, 854 48 



597 barrels other salted fish 39. 80 10 67 



04,898 barrels oil 25, 959. 20 6, 957 06 



35,325 barrels roe 1 , :<)6. 23 473 35 



95, 129. 33 



25,494 65 



For bait it is estimated that there were consumed 16,000 barrels of 

 salted and 40 barrels of fresh herring, 8,000 barrels of cuttle fish, and 

 1,300 barrels of mussels, the combined value of which was 400,000 

 crowns ($107,210). 



The aggregate gross yield of th<' Loflb<len fishery is Morth a little over 

 5,500,000 crowns ($1,474,000). 



Table LIX gives the average share which has generally fallen to the 

 diiferent methods of fishing, also the greatest share, as far as known 

 to tlie inspection officers. The average share was 200 crowns ($53.60). 



*Wherev»-r dried cod are reduced from weight to number, 27 fish are calculated to 

 a vog (36 Danish pounds). 



