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on March 1, ami a fexv days later they showed themselves near Hav- 

 liingberg, Baadsfiord, Gamrik, and Mehavn. About the niiddle of the 

 men h they c^me near the coast along Us entire extent from Vardoe to 

 the district of Kjelvik, and also at Ingoe in the district of Maasoe At 

 the other stations of the Maasoe district the capUn were not noticed 

 t 11 the end of the month. Further west there were no caplin fisheries 

 dnnng this year. Near Kiberg the fish made their appearance during 

 he last of April, while in Varanger Fiord, with the exception of some of 

 tne outer stations, where they already came in the beginning of April, 

 =.nd Vadsoe where they were noticed during the first days of March, they 

 did not make their a])pearance till the middle of May. At all the 

 stations the. caplin stayed till some time after the middle of May, when 

 they left all the stations on the coast about the same time. At some 

 stations m the^South Varanger Fiord they lemained, however, till the 

 first ot June. Large masses of fish first came near the coast at Berle- 

 •vaa^ in the beginning of March, about the middle of the same month 

 at Mehavn and Gamvik, and about the end of the month at Ingoe 

 In the beginning of April the schools of codfish came near the coast at 

 Kolfsoe, Hjelmsoe, and Havningberg, and during the second half of 

 April large masses of them came near the land along the entire coast 

 from Maasoe o Kramvik. In Varanger Fiord the cod were noticed 

 ear Great Lkkeroe during the first of May, but at the other stations in 

 his fiord not till a fortnight later ; nor did they remain any longer than 

 the end of the month. At that time the great mass of fish also disap- 

 peared from the other stations in East Finmark, while in West Fin- 

 mark they had disappeared somewhat earlier. 



The richest fisheries-and they were exceedingly rich-occurred dur- 

 ing the last ten days in April and the first ten days in May. On 

 April 20, ouiy a little more than a million and a half had been caught, 

 while by May 9 the number of fish caught amounted to 17,000,OOo! 

 Ihe following table will show the quantity of fish caught and the num- 

 ber of boats engaged in the fisheries at the more important fishing- ' 

 stations : ° 



Stations. 



Ingoe 



Hjelmsoe . 

 GjiEsvasr . 

 Mehavn . . 

 Gamvik. .. 

 Berlevaag 

 SyltoFiord 

 Vardoo . . . 



April 16. 



1,000 k, / 

 fish. Boats. 



55 



80 



65 



278 



140 



.•jeo 



77 

 48 



195 



200 

 170 

 151 

 136 

 250 

 64 

 184 



April 22. 



1,000 

 fish. 



Boats. 



136 



150 

 400 

 610 

 260 

 940 

 160 

 182 



240 



210 

 290 

 200 

 164 

 260 

 79 

 264 



April 29. 



I'^'OO p„„, 1,000 



fi,,. Boats. ^^^ 







fish. 



730 



700 

 1,000 

 1,560 



710 

 1,350 



270 

 1,500 



345 

 300 

 370 

 327 

 185 

 200 

 98 

 315 



May 6. 



1,300 



1,500 

 1,600 

 2,360 

 1,050 

 1,800 

 800 

 1,900 



Boats. 



352 

 280 

 373 

 300 

 180 

 200 

 116 

 348 



The number Of fishermen who lost their lives during these fisheries 

 y^ fitty-seven. No change was noticed in the method of carrying on 

 these fisheries. The sanitary condition of the fishermen was very good 



