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  NORWEGIAN 
  FISHERY 
  STATISTICS 
  FOR 
  1884. 
  

  

  315 
  

  

  years, 
  when 
  one 
  counts 
  on 
  getting 
  one 
  hectoliter 
  of 
  liver 
  from 
  about 
  

   350 
  fish 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  difference 
  between 
  1883 
  and 
  1882 
  was 
  very 
  consider- 
  

   able. 
  Taking 
  all 
  the 
  cod 
  fisheries 
  together, 
  it 
  took, 
  in 
  1882, 
  753 
  fish, 
  and 
  

   in 
  1883 
  even 
  868 
  fish 
  to 
  yield 
  one 
  hectoliter 
  of 
  liver; 
  while 
  in 
  1884 
  

   50,435,500 
  codfish 
  yielded 
  99,636 
  hectoliters 
  of 
  liver; 
  it 
  therefore 
  took 
  

   on 
  an 
  average 
  506 
  codfish 
  to 
  make 
  one 
  hectoliter 
  of 
  liver. 
  

  

  As 
  regards 
  the 
  prices 
  paid 
  at 
  the 
  fishing 
  stations, 
  we 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  

   statement 
  gives: 
  below, 
  which 
  shows 
  the 
  average 
  prices 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  

   of 
  the 
  cod 
  fisheries 
  in 
  1884, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  previous 
  years 
  : 
  

  

  Cleaned 
  cod, 
  per 
  100 
  

   Liver, 
  per 
  hectoliter 
  

   Roe, 
  per 
  hectoliter 
  . 
  

   Fish-Beads, 
  per 
  100 
  . 
  

   Kound 
  cod, 
  per 
  100 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  $3 
  38 
  

  

  3 
  48 
  

  

  4 
  42 
  

   16 
  

  

  4 
  93 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  above 
  figures 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that, 
  generally 
  speaking, 
  the 
  

   prices 
  were 
  higher 
  than 
  in 
  1883, 
  although 
  even 
  in 
  that 
  year 
  they 
  were 
  

   unusually 
  high. 
  Liver 
  and 
  roe 
  especially 
  fetched 
  higher 
  prices 
  in 
  18S4 
  

   than 
  in 
  any 
  previous 
  year. 
  In 
  consequence 
  of 
  these 
  prices 
  the 
  total 
  

   value 
  of 
  the 
  cod 
  fisheries 
  in 
  1884 
  rose 
  to 
  $4,163,733, 
  a 
  larger 
  amount 
  

   than 
  in 
  any 
  year 
  since 
  1866, 
  with 
  the 
  sole 
  exception 
  of 
  1877. 
  

  

  The 
  fat-herring 
  fisheries. 
  — 
  In 
  1884 
  these 
  yielded 
  344,090 
  hectoliters 
  of 
  

   fish, 
  which, 
  calculated 
  at 
  the 
  average 
  price 
  of 
  $1.99 
  per 
  hectoliter, 
  

   makes 
  the 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  these 
  fisheries 
  in 
  1884 
  $685,070.34. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  five 
  years 
  preceding 
  1884 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  these 
  fisheries 
  was 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  spring 
  -herring 
  fisheries. 
  — 
  The 
  total 
  quantity 
  of 
  spring-herring 
  

   caught 
  was 
  261,981 
  hectoliters, 
  which, 
  calculated 
  at 
  the 
  average 
  price 
  

   of 
  $1.48 
  per 
  hectoliter, 
  would 
  make 
  the 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  these 
  fisheries 
  

  

  $387,396.95. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  1879 
  to 
  1883 
  these 
  fisheries 
  produced 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  : 
  

  

  