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ISLANDS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC. 



Mean temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) in south-west and north : — 



Zivc Stock (1870) :-Sheep, 356,701 (in 1844, 606,500) ; cattle, 19,111 (in 1859, 26,908) ; horses, 30,000. 



Fisheries. — These employ 63 covered and 3,335 open boats, manned by 15,400 hands, and are estimated 

 to yield 7,250,000 fish, of a value of £112,500. On an average there are exported 65,162 cwts. of salt fish ; 

 2,292 cwts. of smoked fish ; 1,692 tons of roe ; 9,269 tons of blubber ; and 782 cwts. of salmon. The total 

 exports have a value of £170,000, the imports of £150,000. 



Administrative Divisions : — 



South and West: Sudur-Umdaemid and Vestur-Umdaemid, 14 syslur (seats); 103 hreppar 



(communes). Chief town, Eeykjavik. 

 North and East : Nordur-Umdaemid and Austur-Umdaemid, 7 syslur ; 66 hreppar. Chief town, 

 Fridriksgafa. 



