﻿XV 
  -EXTRACTS 
  FROM 
  THE 
  NORWEGIAN 
  FISHERY 
  STATISTICS 
  

  

  FOR 
  1884.* 
  

  

  By 
  Boye 
  Strom. 
  

  

  The 
  cod 
  fisheries.— 
  In 
  1884 
  these 
  yielded 
  50,435,500 
  codfish, 
  99,636 
  

   hectoliters 
  of 
  liver, 
  and 
  47,765 
  hectoliters 
  of 
  roe, 
  having 
  a 
  total 
  value 
  — 
  in- 
  

   cluding 
  fish-heads 
  sold—of 
  $4,163,732.6S.t 
  The 
  average 
  price 
  of 
  100 
  

   round 
  cod 
  (containing 
  liver 
  and 
  roe) 
  was 
  $8.25. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  sake 
  of 
  comparison 
  we 
  give 
  below 
  the 
  statistics 
  of 
  the 
  Nor- 
  

   wegian 
  cod 
  fisheries 
  for 
  the 
  five 
  years 
  preceding 
  1884 
  : 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  above 
  figures 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  cod 
  fish 
  

   eries 
  in 
  1884 
  was 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  1883. 
  but 
  that 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  come 
  up 
  

   to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  years 
  1879 
  and 
  1880. 
  The 
  five 
  years' 
  period 
  from 
  1879 
  to 
  

   1883 
  is 
  not 
  suitable 
  for 
  comparison, 
  because 
  both 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  the 
  

   smallest 
  yield 
  ever 
  recorded 
  occurred 
  within 
  this 
  period. 
  If 
  we 
  go 
  back 
  

   as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  year 
  1866 
  — 
  the 
  first 
  year 
  for 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  somewhat 
  

   complete 
  statistics 
  of 
  the 
  cod 
  fisheries 
  — 
  we 
  find 
  that 
  the 
  average 
  yield 
  

   for 
  the 
  18 
  years, 
  1866 
  to 
  1883, 
  was 
  about 
  50,000,000 
  codfish 
  per 
  annum. 
  

   The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  1884 
  may, 
  therefore, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  cod 
  caught 
  

   is 
  concerned, 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  about 
  the 
  average. 
  

  

  This 
  result 
  is 
  principally 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  spring 
  fisheries 
  in 
  Finmark. 
  

   It 
  will 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  these 
  fisheries 
  had 
  decreased 
  very 
  much 
  

   during 
  the 
  preceding 
  years, 
  and 
  especially 
  in 
  1883 
  proved 
  almost 
  a 
  total 
  

   failure; 
  and 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  the 
  cod 
  fisheries 
  east 
  of 
  Finmark, 
  on 
  

   the 
  Russian 
  coast, 
  were 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  increased 
  considerably, 
  there 
  was 
  

   reason 
  to 
  fear 
  that 
  we 
  had 
  arrived 
  at 
  a 
  turning-point 
  in 
  the 
  cod 
  fish- 
  

  

  * 
  " 
  Tabeller 
  vedkommende 
  Norges 
  Fislcerier 
  % 
  Aaret 
  1884." 
  From 
  Norgvs 
  Officielle 
  Stat- 
  

   istftfc, 
  3d 
  series, 
  No. 
  11, 
  Christiania, 
  183. 
  r 
  ). 
  Translated 
  from 
  tin' 
  Danish 
  by 
  Herman 
  

   Jacobson. 
  

  

  t 
  Throughout 
  this 
  article 
  reductions 
  arc 
  made 
  to 
  dollars 
  and 
  pounds 
  by 
  considering 
  

   the 
  crown 
  worth 
  $0.2'oK, 
  and 
  the 
  kilogram 
  equal 
  to 
  2.2046 
  pounds. 
  Tic 
  hectoliter 
  

   contains 
  nearly 
  2G-J 
  gallons 
  wine 
  measure, 
  or 
  about 
  2| 
  bushels. 
  

  

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