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THE l-ISHEKIKS Ol' SWEDEN. 



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These fisheries are owned by several persons an,l (,„■ il,i. „ ,. •. 

 becarne necessary to kee„ a reeord of ,he hsl,' U t , 2 v 



could be equally divided. These data are Iherelore ^erl™,! reli- b 

 The manner of keeping the reeords dittered son.ewhn , .^^ .^^ 



nr^rattir'"^"" '*^"«- '- -^^ "- -"-'- "■ "-^"'' 



l-roin these statistics it appears, first, that the salmon lisheries then 

 a now were subject to considerable ehar.ges. CaleulaU.,1 in p, u 

 the quantity of salmon caught during the 7(i years when these re Is 

 were kept an,oun(ed to 1,845,230 pounds, or au average of "/^g 



During 33 years the number of flsh caught has come up to or exceeded 

 the annual average of 1,305 ;«;,„„^-[24,275 pounds], and durh'ns 

 years rt^has fallen below that average. The richest flher^ieso em-red 



lb-4 to 18.8, when the average per annum rose to 2,964 tupum! and 

 the nehest fisheries during that period were iu 182«, wLen G fifs « 'r,^^^ 



• whe'rivTrr""";*'/"'.'"""^' fisheries were' iu 183o' and Tse"! 

 r83TtZ^ '<*3'«"rt of salmon were caught. Prom about the yea^ 

 lS3o there were a number of poor fishing .years, which were followe<fbv 

 a number of good years after 1S40; but Iron, 1850 to 1855 the flsl^ries 



, agan. became poor. The san.e was the ease to a still Treat^r it ee 



I flv::far':errthe^''f-'''''"" '''''''''' ^"""""'''^ ^""f""- "" 

 ! uve year period the fisheries increased aga'u 



i datl whetheTtJfefr ''™ '"'" '"""'" '' '^ ''"■""'«'' *■'■«■" ^ ^^ vears- 



! fcTerls ctnt n- d't"'' "' f»»'-™"y "-li"i"e, an,l that even poor 



rwith^^t'2 '^™'''" ^■'^'''' "''" "°* "' 'l'™selves sufficient 



I he cZ The "f '"'■ T""' """'" *■" '"« »*"'^) *" l"-o™ that such is 



du "f 2 fir f^' "'? "T"'" »"• *' '"'l^-'"-'^ fro" »'e alcove dtta that 

 ■ thJ !u ""'"''''' ""^ "■■*'"^^"'''* Ix-S^" somewhat later in June 



I dot: nTa. r"' "r r""^-- '''"« "»^ ""- ^^« a^herL .eg., 

 I q lantij^of fish caught. It should be observed, however that durin.. 



' jlrr 'IT" 'T' '*"'' ""* ''■^'»^™« -■""-"-! """■- I "a ■ 

 ' the L."e "'l^w ' ".V^r";"'"-"'-'.^- -fi'vorable year, 1867, the "ice u 

 , the i.ulea Krvcr d,d not begin to break till June 1, which of cour.se 



