STATISTICS OF THE LOFFODEN FISHERIES FOR 1878. 253 



TOTAL RESULT OF THE FISHERIES, 1878. 



Number of fish canglit 24, 660, 000 



Number of heads sent to the guano factories 16, 500, 000 



Liver (barrels) 53, 150 



Medicinal oil (barrels) 3, Oii 



Eoe (barrels) 26, 130 



Upwards of 14,000,000 fish were caught with nets, 9,250,000 with lines, 

 and 1,250,000 with deep-bait. 

 Gross receipts of the Loffoden-fisheries, 1878, $1,742,000. 



Number offish and quantity of roe, liver, and oil per iceeJc. 



♦Against 32 and 21 in 1877. 



The largest number of fish caught, in proportion to the number of fish- 

 ing-days and the number of men engaged, was in the week March 16 to 

 March 23. The result all through March was unusually even. It is 

 estimated that after the 14th of April 120,000 fish were caught. About 

 half a milUon of fi^h were consumed during the fisheries, as well as 1,000 

 barrels of hrer. About 20,000 cod were salted in barrels for sale. The 

 quantity of bait used was as follows : Nine hundred barrels fresh her- 

 ring j 12,000 barrels salt herring; 3,500 barrels cuttlefish; 900 barrels 

 muscles ; with a total yalue of upwards of $67,000. Most of the salt bait 

 was prepared by the fishermen at their homes. 



The treasurer of the "Medical Fund" reports that the taxes on fish in 

 the districts of Nordland and Tromso in 1877 amounted to $43,082, dis- 

 tributed as follows: 



Dried codfish $16, 913 



Salt codfish , 12, 946 



Oil,,..:. ,... 7,431 



Eoe „ 615 



Herrings , 6, 777 



