— 147 — 
Dried Cod. Finmarken. 
| 50—100 100—200 200—400 |  400—600 over 600 
| ST. gr. | ST. gr. er. 
Size fresh in cm........ 33—42 42—52 52—67 | 67—83 over 83 
Weight whole, kilos... | 030.6 | 0.6—1.2 1.2—2.5 | 2.5—3.8 over 3.8 
Gutted weight, kilos... 0.2—0.4 0.4—0.8 0.5—1.7 | 1.7—2.5 over 2.5 
Agejgroups............ 3 and 4 4 and 5 58 | 79 9, 10 
Maximal occurrence of | | and upwards 
1904 year class....... 1907 and 1908 | 1908 and 1909 | 1909—1912 | 1911—1913 
iately before us. The most important point at present is to compare the different classes 
of torfisk with the age groups (see pp. 132 and 136). We find, that the smallest 
torfisk of 50—100 gr. consist chiefly of 3 and 4 year old cod, 
» 100—200 » » 4 » 5 » » 
» 200—400 » » 5 — 8 » » 
» 400—600 » » 7 = © » » 
» over 600 » » fish of 9 years old and upwards. 
Cured weight of Finmark fish for the years I908—-1912. 
We are now in a ‚position to more closely consider the material furnished by Mr. 
RoBERTSoN, consisting of the weights of torfisk which passed through his hands in 1908 
—1912. Mr. Rospertson delivered during this period some 240,000 “weights” (of 20 kilos) 
or 4,800,000 kilos of torfisk, equivalent to some thirty million kilos of fresh whole fish. 
The whole of this great quantity was sorted in the manner above described; the figures 
for each of these years will be found in the following table (1). In 1908, the classification 
is only partially complete. Mr. Robertson’s tables II and III show the same results ex- 
pressed in percentages of the whole year’s production. In Table III, the largest fish 
have not been included. This table is especially worthy of notice, as it best shows the 
variations during this year between the actual sizes of the Finmark fish. We find the 
Tables and calculations by Mr. Chas. Robertson, Hammeriest. 
Table. I. Mr. Robertson’s output of cured fish in “weights” 
of 20 kilos. Quantities and sizes reckoned as for cured fish 
(1 kilo cured — abt. 41/1 kilo fresh gutted fish). 
| 200 up to 
| © a 
vr | N 100-200 | 200—400 | 400—600 ae el 
OT. T. or, i T. T. | 
4 F | D g D D | g g 600 er. | 
II T T = = 
ie! AU | DER || ou. EN PES 34905 | = 44433 
1909 ..... | 45 | 3132) | 291691 | 18817 | 4665 ie | = 56 250 
IGN. ..- | 182 | 1220 | 12476 | 1000 | SEA | sa. | = 26205 
TON on. IN 1479 | 27175 | 31918 | 7458 — 68030 
SIL ofa ANS 997 14000 | 23858 | 6740 — 45595 
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