8 
Dr. Lundberg in his report makes the following 
remarks : — 
“ The above calculation, being based upon reports from 
different years, some of which are quite old, cannot of 
course pretend to be complete, but it seems to me that all 
merit ought not justly to be denied it, as, in spite of its 
deficiencies, it gives an approximate idea of the value of 
this fishery, which cannot accurately be calculated from the 
reports hitherto obtained. 
“ A difficulty in making this estimate is caused by the 
different measures by which the fish is sold in different 
places. In the central and southern part of Sweden the 
greater part of the catch is sold fresh (by the ‘ val,’ or 
batch of eighty fishes), while in the northern parts of the 
country it is salted and sold by the barrel. In order to 
calculate the quantity of fish caught a reduction must be 
made to one or other of these measures. The reductions 
are here made to barrels by computing the number of 
‘ valar ’ (fourscore) of salt fish usually contained in a 
barrel. This number varies however, not only in different 
years but in different parts of the same governmental 
district Where the statements have not been given in 
barrels, the following table has been used : — 
Score per 
Barrel. 
“ For the district of Gefleborg {48 ‘ valar ’ =) . . . . 192 
” ” 1(30 ‘valar- =). rao 
„ „ „ Kalmar and Blekinge) 
„ „ „ Kristianstad (25 Walar’ =) . . . 100 
„ „ Malmdhus (24 „ =) ... 96 
“ As to the price given in the table, this has either been 
estimated or is directly furnished by the various col- 
lectors. For the Government districts of Malmohus and 
Blekinge the revenue for the years given in the table was 
above the average, but for the other districts it may be 
