588 



REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [56] 

 Table LVIII. 



Tear. 



Yield of guano factories. 



Saaoen. 



Lerosen. 



LyngvsBr. 

 Guano. Fish meal. 



, Heads 

 Total. con- 



sumed. 



1875 . 

 1876. 



1877 



1878. 



1879. 



11, 6D0 

 10, 000 

 9,880 

 l.'f, .'300 

 10, 700 



Average j 12,350 



SnckH of i;0(l ponnd.s. 2 pound 200-i)oniid ,..,. 



pacliaftos. 



8,000 

 9, 9(!0 

 8, 030 

 (i, 150 

 7,600 



4,000 

 3,100 

 4, 080 

 2,210 

 2,340 



1,900 

 2,420 

 1, 200 

 1,500 



8,070 



3,140 



23, 650 

 23, 00(1 

 22, 5(KI 

 2I,H(J9 

 26, 640 



2S, 550 



14.3 

 14.0 

 13.7 

 13. 2 

 16.0 



10 6 



Of uu'dicinal oil rnaimfactorios tliore are now two in Skiovcii, one in 

 Svolvicr, two in Kabelvaa^^, two in Hcnninj^svier, an<l one in cacli of 

 the .stations Stamsund, Stene, and Balstad, Altogetlier tliey can util- 

 ize about 500 barrels of livers daily. 



For consuini)tion during; the fishery are used 750,000 fish. For use at 

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

 ing- statement. 



According to the statemcMit of the" treasurer of the medical fund, the 

 nu'dical ta.xes for 1870 amounted, in tiie (;ounti(>s of Norland and Trouiso, 

 to 05,11>0.;5;; crowns ($25,404.05), divided as follows: 



Crowns. Dollars. 



187,077 times 120 si)lit cod, 22,521,240 fish .. 25, 023. 00 (>, 700 32 



2(5,370 vogs of salted lish in vessel 293. 00 78 52 



718,013 vogs of dried cod,* 19,386,351 fish . . 23, 933, 77 0, 414 25 



271,700 barrels herring . . ]8, 113. 73 4, 854 48 



597 baiTels other salted fish 39. 80 10 07 



04,898 barrels oil 25, 959. 20 (5, 957 00 



35,325 barrels roe 1 ^ 7(56. 23 473 35 



95, 129. 33 25, 494 65 



For bait it is estimated that there were consumed 10,000 barrels of 

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

 1,300 barrels of mussels, tin; coud)iiU'd value of which was 400,000 

 crowns ($107,210). 



The aggregate (irons yield of the Lofloden (ishery is worth a little over 

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



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

 ditlerent methods of fishing, also the greatest share, as'far as known 

 to the inspectioii ofHcers^ The average share was 200 crowns ($53.60). 



* Wher(iv.T dried co<l are reduced from weight tonumber, 27 fish are calculated^ to 

 a vog (:}(i DjiniMh pounds). 



