﻿[25] 
  THE 
  MANUFACTUKE 
  OF 
  KLIP-FISH. 
  349 
  

  

  Bilboa. 
  — 
  Here 
  iish 
  are 
  separated 
  for 
  retail 
  iuto 
  many 
  worts, 
  which 
  

   are 
  here 
  arranged 
  with 
  the 
  addition, 
  for 
  the 
  sake 
  of 
  comparison, 
  of 
  the 
  

   prices 
  according 
  to 
  a 
  price-current 
  received 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  trading 
  

   houses 
  there, 
  dated 
  January 
  4, 
  1884. 
  

  

  Norwegian 
  cod 
  are 
  divided 
  into: 
  large 
  club-fish, 
  toston, 
  224 
  reals 
  per 
  

   50 
  kilograms;* 
  small 
  club-fish, 
  toston 
  cito, 
  210 
  reals 
  per 
  50 
  kilograms; 
  

   large 
  fish, 
  crecido, 
  220 
  reals 
  first 
  kind, 
  210 
  reals 
  second 
  kind, 
  208 
  reals 
  

   third 
  kind, 
  (?) 
  reals 
  fourth 
  kind; 
  small 
  fish, 
  200 
  reals; 
  ling 
  and 
  cusk 
  

   are 
  divided 
  into 
  three 
  kinds. 
  

  

  The 
  cod 
  klip-fish 
  from 
  Iceland, 
  Shetland, 
  and 
  the 
  Faroes 
  arc 
  divided 
  

   iuto: 
  

  

  Iceland 
  : 
  First 
  kind, 
  202 
  reals; 
  second 
  kind, 
  194 
  reals; 
  third 
  kind, 
  

   180 
  reals; 
  medium, 
  192 
  reals; 
  small 
  fish, 
  18G 
  reals. 
  

  

  Newfoundland 
  fish 
  are 
  divided 
  into 
  : 
  large 
  klip-fish, 
  truchuclon, 
  194 
  

   reals; 
  medium, 
  truchuclon,* 
  194 
  reals. 
  

  

  Labrador, 
  1G4 
  reals. 
  

  

  French 
  fish 
  arc 
  divided 
  into 
  : 
  

  

  Iceland, 
  first 
  quality, 
  180 
  reals; 
  second 
  quality, 
  160 
  reals. 
  

  

  Newfoundland, 
  first 
  quality, 
  170 
  reals; 
  second 
  quality, 
  150 
  reals. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  from 
  this 
  price-current 
  that 
  even 
  the 
  fourth 
  quality 
  of 
  

   Norwegian 
  fish 
  exceed 
  in 
  price 
  the 
  klip-fish 
  from 
  other 
  countries. 
  

  

  Italy. 
  — 
  Here 
  fish 
  are 
  divided, 
  according 
  to 
  size, 
  into 
  large, 
  medium, 
  

   and 
  small 
  ; 
  according 
  to 
  quality, 
  into 
  first, 
  second, 
  and 
  refuse, 
  following 
  

   the 
  same 
  rules 
  which 
  are 
  operative 
  in 
  Barcelona. 
  

  

  The 
  assorting 
  is 
  thus 
  based 
  in 
  most 
  places 
  upon 
  both 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  

   the 
  quality 
  ; 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  they 
  are 
  separated 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  both 
  into 
  

   three 
  kinds: 
  by 
  size, 
  they 
  are 
  separated 
  into 
  large, 
  medium, 
  and 
  small, 
  

   or 
  large 
  and 
  small 
  ; 
  by 
  quality, 
  they 
  are 
  divided 
  into 
  first 
  quality, 
  sec- 
  

   ond 
  quality, 
  and 
  refuse. 
  This 
  assorting 
  also 
  is 
  perfectly 
  rational, 
  and 
  

   is 
  therefore 
  in 
  our 
  country 
  in 
  part 
  the 
  basis 
  for 
  assorting 
  by 
  the 
  sorters. 
  

  

  Size 
  plays 
  an 
  important 
  role 
  in 
  the 
  market, 
  since 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  large 
  

   fish 
  are 
  preferred, 
  in 
  other 
  smaller 
  fish. 
  The 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  

   the 
  fish 
  in 
  our 
  waters 
  is, 
  however, 
  at 
  present 
  not 
  so 
  great 
  that 
  we 
  feel 
  

   in 
  need 
  of 
  making 
  a, 
  general 
  sorting 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  size 
  in 
  purchas- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  producers.^ 
  As 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  daily 
  coast 
  

   fishing 
  into 
  klip-fish 
  becomes 
  more 
  general 
  and 
  the 
  bank 
  fishing 
  expands, 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  small 
  fish 
  will 
  increase; 
  and 
  the 
  time 
  will 
  therefore 
  come 
  

   when 
  size 
  will 
  be 
  so 
  important 
  a 
  factor 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  into 
  

   consideration 
  in 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  fish. 
  For 
  the 
  present, 
  however, 
  as 
  

   previously 
  remarked, 
  it 
  has 
  little 
  importance; 
  wherefore 
  we 
  omit 
  it 
  

   here. 
  

  

  * 
  One 
  real 
  equals 
  17.5 
  ore; 
  200 
  reals 
  = 
  35 
  crowns 
  = 
  $9.38. 
  

  

  t 
  Divided 
  again 
  into 
  two 
  qualities. 
  Under 
  this 
  brand 
  occur 
  also 
  the 
  Norwegian 
  

   fish. 
  Translated, 
  it 
  means 
  " 
  small 
  dried 
  cod." 
  

  

  X 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  unusually 
  small 
  fish 
  are 
  rejected 
  we 
  will 
  leave 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  calcula- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  