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23. Mr. MarchanL] What is the size of the sea-elephant?—Oh, some of them are 25ft. long ; they are pretty nearly as big as black fish, but they are very helpless; they can hardly move; it will take ten minutes for one of them to go a chain; they are easily destroyed. 24. How many men does this so-called industry give employment to? —About fourteen; if you include the men that sail the vessel to bring the oil to New Zealand it would be about twenty. The oil has to be refined; it is not fit for use when taken from the animal. I think there are about twenty men employed in connection with the business altogether. lam speaking of the Tasmanian islands. There has been no attempt as yet, so far as I know, to get oil from our islands. Memorandum by Captain Fairchild. The sea-leopards are very numerous on the Macquarie Islands, and there are a few to be found on the Auckland and Campbell Islands. Their only value would be their skin and oil. They are much smaller than the. sea-lions, and would not be worth more than 10s. or lis. each. They would very soon become extinct if they were treated as the sea-elephants have been treated on the Macquaries during the last ten years—bybeing boiled down for their oil. [Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, nil; printing (1,300 copies), £235. Od.j

By Authority : Geoegb Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9o.

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