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any legislation without considering the effect which it might 

 have on this trade. 

 Norwegian It is stated in Yice- Consul Crowe's report on the Norwegian 



lobster trade, fisheries for the year 1874, presented to Parliament in June 1875,* 

 that " of lobsters there were exported during the year from — 

 Christiansancl - - - 201,980 



Mandal - - - - 50,000 



Farsund - - - - 113,518 



365,518t 



" The average price is stated to be 5^d. 



" Comparing the results of the last three years, it will be seen 

 " that in 1874 they were double those of the two preceding. 



a Thus :— 



Number of Lobsters. Value. 



1874 - - - 365,518 d£8,122 



1873 - - - 294,099 4,356 



1872 - - - 207,299 3,111" 



Mr. Crowe's figures are confirmed by the very important 

 report from Consul-General Jones, which is published in an 

 Appendix,J and for which we are indebted to the courtesy of the 

 Foreign Office. " The annual take of lobsters in Norway/' says 

 Mr. Jones, " may be estimated at about 1,000,000, representing a 

 " value of about 22,500£. They are exported chiefly to the United 

 " Kingdom, and this trade is rapidly increasing in importance, 

 " according to the following returns : — 



Year. Number. Value. 



1876 - 



1875 - 



1874 - 



1873 - 



1872 - 



It is obvious, however, that Mr. Crowe's figures entirely refer 

 to the trade of three particular ports, Christiansand, Mandal, 

 and Farsund. Mr. Jones apparently reproduces, and continues 

 to a later date, the same statistics. But the figures which are 

 thus given cannot represent the whole export trade of Norway in 

 lobsters. § We had the advantage, at our sitting in the Fish- 

 mongers' Hal], of examining Mr. Fisher, a fish salesman of 



* Parliamentary Paper, "Commercial No. 11 (1875), Part IV [C. - 1238]." 



f Sic in report (p. 814), but there is apparently a misprint in the return from 

 Farsund, which should probably be 113,538, instead of 113,518. 



X Joint Appendix, No. I. 



§ The author of " Sport in Norway," writing to Land and Water,Maj 25th, 1867, 

 gives the following particulars concerning the trade in Norwegian lobsters : — "In 

 " 1855 there were exported 814,187 lobsters; in 1856, 960,388 ; in 1857, 717,383 ; 

 " in 1858, 553,238 ; in 1859, 881,261 ; in 1860, 1,333,137; in 1861, 1,480,699 ; in 

 « 1862, 1,217,244." 



No 



returns. 



400,000 



,£8,889 



365,518 



8,122 



294,099 



4,356 



207,299 



3,111" 



