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yearly revenue of the whole of our lake fisheries calculated 
at 3,000,000 kr. 
As this sum, however — 3,000,000 crowns — to a great 
extent is based only on estimates, it might be interesting 
to throw light on the real worth of these fisheries by means 
of the following calculations, made from some lakes in 
different parts of Sweden, from which statements in some 
degree reliable are to be had : — 
Calculated by means of 
the foregoing. The 
Annual Gross Income 
Extent. 
Swedish 
Square 
Miles, 
Gross 
Income 
of the 
Fishery 
in 1881. 
Of iSwed. 
Square 
Mile of 
'Fishing 
Water 
would be 
Of the Fish- 
ing Waters 
of the whole 
Kingdom 
294*6 square 
miles (without 
the 4 great 
Lakes) 
would be 
Lake Womb (district of Malmohns) 
O’ 1084 
Kr. 
1,202 
Kr. 
11,088 
Kr. 
3,266,525 
The Nomm (district of Jonkoping) 
O’ 1296 
6,750 
52,083 
15,343,652 
•The Gian (district of Ostergotland) 
O’ 6490 
8,664 
73,350 
3,932,920 
Lake Roxen „ „ 
0*8491 
14,100 
16,606 
4,892,128 
Lake Oje (district of Kopparberg) 
0-1345 
2,000 
14,870 
4,380,702 
The Hornafva together with the) 
Stornafva and Uddja (district of> 
Norrbotten) j 
5*1742 
5 »o 95 
985 
290, 181 
The Boren (district of Ostergotland) 
0*2420 
900 
3,801 
1,119,775 
The average annual gross income of all the freshwater 
fisheries of Sweden, the three great lakes excepted, is there- 
fore, according to these seven calculations, 4,746,553 kr. 
Calculated according to the five of these lakes which lie 
in Gotaland (the twelve southern Government districts) the 
average gross income of one Swedish square mile of fishing 
water there is 22,360 kr. In these districts there are 
