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Part III. — Twenty-sixth Annual Report 



The tiguies for each of tho years, as given in the table below, show that 

 whiting have gone on increasing, practically without a break since 1889, 

 and whereas the number in 1892 was 56,2 tO, it was 227,400 in 1907, 

 while cod in 1892 was 44,013, and in 1907 the number Avas 114,013. 



Table showing the Number of Cod, Whiting, and Mackerel, and the 

 Quantity of Flat-fish, in pounds, from the Christianiafjord, 

 inside and outside Drobak, brought to the Market at Christiania 

 in the years 1872-1907. 



* Records for May, 1876, not included. 



f From 1900 the figures include cod sold by various 



i Not av.ailable. 



dealers. 



The mackerel is a pelagic fish, and therefore in a different category, but 

 the figures show that it also has increased in a remarkable way. The 

 averages for the periods are : — 



1872-77. 

 1878-83. 

 1884-89. 



Average No. 



Mackerel. 



194,482 



384,574 



47,261 



of 



1890-95.. 

 1896-1901 

 1902-07... 



Average No. of 



Mackerel. 



57,692 



114,981 



295,243 



The whiting is to a considerable extent a competitor of the cod, and no 

 fry of whiting were placed in the fjord, nor fry of mackerel, and the in- 



