AND THE FISH THEREOF. , S7 



the proportion of prime fish ; the yield of the Tunny fisheries is liable to 

 great fluctuations, thus : — 



s 



in 1S77 68,140 kilogr.; value, 26,271 florins; 



in 1878 I57.H3 .. .. 79462 



in 1S79 87,068 „ „ 34,828 



The average yield for eight years was 122,000 kilogr. ; value, 60,000 florins. 

 The total yield of the fisheries in the said years amounted to : — 



in 1877 744,374 kilogr.; value, 144,217 florins; 



in 1878 927-474 ., » 228,874 



in 1879 529-508 „ „ H3.I97 



The average yield for eight years was 778,000 kilogr. of fish and 31,000 

 crabs; value, 152,000 florins. The share of the Italian fishermen was 

 between one-fourth and three-fifths of the total catch : — 



1877 198,187 kilogr. 



1878 272,402 



1879 319.978 „ 



The ordinary fish is consumed on the coast ; whereas the prime, and 

 more especially the tunny-fish, is much exported to the neighbouring markets 

 and to Italy, in a fresh state. The proportion of salted fish was formerly 

 higher than in Istria on account of the want of railway communication, but 

 this has since changed in favour of this coast. 



3. Dalmatian Coast and Archipelago. — Average total, 5,500,000 to 

 6,000,000 kilogr. ; value, 1,400,000 florins. The value suffers from want of 

 markets and railway communication ; and this tells most on the value of the 

 prime, which elsewhere is exported in a fresh state. Two-fifths consist of 

 prime and three-fifths of ordinary. The local consumption is large, owino- 

 to the long extension of coast and the poverty of the inhabitants, whose 



