590 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [58] 



U.H the number <»f tisb (;aught was at least 27,500,000, including what 

 were used duiing tlie lisbing- and carried in for use at Lome. It exceeds 

 the catch ot the preceding year by one million, and is only a little over 

 a million less than the catch of the rich year of 1877, when the yield to 

 Ai)ril 14, was 1*8,750,000. For individual Ushermen, ou the contrary, 

 the yield was smaller than in any preceding year since 1800, if we except 

 ISOO. The a\'erage catch, excluding what was used during the lishiug 

 or at home, was 070 cod for each tislierman, or 100 tish fewer than the 

 average from 1800 to 1^70, both inclusive, while the average price, 20.8 

 ore for a round tish, is smaHer than at any time during the period named. 

 In order that the tishermen, at tlu^. prices of the year, should have a net 

 protitof 100 crowns ($20.80), the cat(;h should have been somewhat over 

 six millions greater, or :>3,000,000 in all. 



Table LX shows how the gross expenses of the fishery, 5,500,000 

 crowns ($1,474,000), were divided among the different items of expense. 



Table LX. 



Itonxs of expense. 



$385, 920 00 

 343, 040 00 



26.0 

 23.0 



License ($14.20 per fisherman) 



Food : ■ ■ 



Leather jioo'ls [ 



Wood .ind lod^iing ^ 



Bedclothina; 



Expense of laying up .'.'.'.'.'!"''.'.'.".".'.".'.'!" 72! 360 00 5.0 



Boiithiie. . I 91,12000 i 6.2 



Interest and wear and tear j 259 960 00 ' 17. 6 



Li'f« .'.!!!'. I 8oU00 00 .^4 



^"^ j 107, 200 00 7. 3 



Division of expenses. 



Total. 



Per 

 cent. 



58, 9C0 00 I 4. 



67, 000 00 ! 4. 5 



13,400 00 i 1.0 



1, 479, 360 00 100 



The costs are divided as follows: For imi)lements, 2,010,000 (irowus, 

 or ;J0.5 per cent.; personal expenses of fishermen during the fishery, 

 2,070,000 <-rowns, or 37.5 i)er cent.; and only one-fourth part, 1,440,000 

 crowns, or 20 per cent., remains for the support of the family and other 

 expenses at iiome, ])artly during and partly outside of the fishing 

 season. 



The cour.se of the fishery was, in the main, as follows: As early as 

 the beginning of January a considerable number of cod appeared to be 

 juesent from Vaagen westward, ])articularly at Stamsuud and west- 

 ward from Sund. Fishing was carried on, however, by several resident 

 fishermen. In the middle of January 900 boats had arrived; but bad 

 weather almost totally prevented work for the rest of the mouth and 

 during the early i)art of February. From the middle of February to 

 the 0th of March was the height of the fishing season from Henningsvaer 

 westward, and tlie fishing was partly good from February 24 to March 

 4. while it was poor eastward, except at Hopen February 27 and 28 and 

 Mai-ch 1, when it also became to some extent good here, especially with 



