86 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [10] 
men, both vessels carrying a cargo consisting of kegs, salt, &c.; three 
nets, boats, &c. Later during the season the steamer plied regularly 
between Iceland and Bergen, continuing her trips till the end of Octo- 
ber, whilst the two sailing-vessels staid in Iceland, where they were 
were used as lodging-vessels, until the fishermen returned from the fish- 
eries in November. The crews of these vessels, 28 men in all, had to 
do every kind of work, and act as sailors, fishermen, salters, carpenters, 
wheelwrights, &c. The captain and the foreman of the fisheries and of 
the saiting, received respectively 48, 56, and 64 crowns ($12.86, $15 
and $17.15) a month, and the rest of the men 20 to 24 crowns ($5.36 
to $6.43); all of them were found. Besides this, every man received 
for every ton of herring shipped from Iceland to Bergen 1 Gre (a little 
more than 4 cent) additional on every four crowns of their monthly 
wages; the foremen thus got 12, 14, and 15 Gre, and fhe rest of the men 
5 to 6 bre additional on every ton of herring. The entire quantity of 
herring caught by this expedition was 5,952 tons. 
“The Bergen-Mandal expedition comprised two vessels with 18 men, 
and was furnished with building materials, 5 nets, 2 large net-boats. 
This expedition was managed in exactly the same manner as the one 
described above. It also employed a steamer to carry the fish (9,500 
tons) to Norway. 
‘The Southern Bergen expedition comprised two large vessels of 1,700 
to 1,800 tons each, 20 men, 1 net, 2 net-boats, &c., but did not carry any 
material for erecting buildings. The nets and net-boats were not owned 
by the same parties as the vessels, but there was an agreement between 
them, that all the fish caught should be taken by the vessels at 8 
crowns ($2.14) per standard ton, half of which was to go to the owners 
of the nets and the other half to the men, to be evenly divided among 
them. ‘The crews of the vessels received in addition 8 crowns ($2.14) 
per month, and had to find themselves. 
“This expedition, which caught about 4,500 tons of herring, took all 
its apparatus, boats, &c., back to Norway, partly in their own and partly 
in hired vessels, whilst the other expeditions left their boats in Iceland 
till the next year.” 
If we calculate the cost of fitting out an expedition of this kind at 
20,000 crowns ($5,300), and the average yield in 1880 at 4,000 tons per 
‘expedition, we find that, counting the ton at 20 crowns ($5.36), the net 
result must have been at least 40,000 crowns ($10,600), 7. e., 200 per cent. 
A joint-stock company which commenced work last year with a cap- 
ital of 20,000 crowns ($5,300) made 125 per cent. Every share of 1,000 
crowns ($268) paid 1,250 crowns. Of the 20 shares 10 were taken in 
Norway and 10 in Iceland. | 
The total quantity of herring caught by the Norwegians near Ice- 
-Jand in 1880 is estimated at 100,000 tons, valued at 2,000,000 crowns 
($536,000). 
