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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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Tbe shark fisheries near Iceland were carried on by 2 vessels from 

 Haugesund and yielded 175 tons of liver. On the shore of the Isa fiord 

 the merchants of Haugesund have established a steam oil-refinery, where 

 last year 300 tons of oil were manufactured, mostly of the light kind, but 

 no medicinal oil. 



As to the whale fisheries near Bergen, at Skagshavn (Sartoroe) 7 

 whales were caught, and at Florvaag (Askoe) 2. 



The eoal-tish fisheries in Finmark were very successful, as dur- 

 ing the previous year a great quantity were made into klip-fish, prob- 

 ably 2,000,000 kilograms. As a general rule the price of klip-fish made 

 from coal-fish was half that of the klip-fish made from cod. 



The salmon fisheries were unusually successful ; but the prices were 

 low, as there were also very rich salmon fisheries in Scotland. In Can- 

 ada, likewise, the salmon fisheries were extraordinarily productive. 



The lobster fisheries on the west coast were very successful. 



The exports of l>[orwegian fishery products were as follows, at the end 

 of November, 1883 : 10,568,000 kilograms dried fish ; 29,616,000 kilo- 

 grams klip-fish ; 6,522,000 kilograms guano ; 594,500,000 hectoliters 

 herring J 36,600,000 hectoliters roe; 106,900,000 hectoliters oil. 



STATISTICS OF THE NORWEGIAN FISHERIES. 



Average annual value of the principal products exported from Norway during the period 



1866-1882. 



"The cro-wn=26. 8 cents. 1 million crowns =$268, 000. 



Exports of guano, 1883. 



Castom-houses. 



August. 



Septemher. 



Octoher. 



Aalesund 



Christiansund. 



Trondhjem 



Mosjoen 



Bodo 



Hammerfeat... 



Vardoe 



Vadsoe 



Total 



Since Jaauary 1. 



Kilograms. 

 185, 200 

 192, 800 

 171, 400 

 17, 500 

 550, 700 



10, 000 

 150, 000 



1, 277, 600 

 *4, 700, 000 



Kilograms. 



21, 300 



296, 400 



Kilograms. 



50, 000 

 20, 000 



535, 400 

 5, 200, 000 



85, 700 

 2,000 



400, 000 

 '266,066 



747, 700 

 5, 900, 000 



*One million liilograms=2, 204,850 pounds. 



