496 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [4] 



To the Norwegian merchant, Albert Jacobsen, belongs all the honor 

 of having inaugurated these fisheries ; and other nations owe him a 

 debt of gratitude, if in the future this enornous wealth of fish, which 

 its rightful owners have hitherto neglected with inexplicable short-sight- 

 edness, proves a practical benefit, not only to Norway, but also to many 

 other countries (let us also hope Germany). 





