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Table showing the Number, and Value of the Oysters disposed of in the Dominion and exported for the year ended 31st december, 1921.

Table showing the Total Quantity and Value of Fish Imported into and Exported prom New Zealand during the Yeab ended 81st December, 1921. Fish Imported. r. ... Value. ■ r. ... Value. Quantity. t Quantity. t Anchovies, salted (in bulk).. .. 2cwt. 19 Fish, preserved in tins .. 1,287,8751b. 56,032 Oysters, fresh .. •■ .. Nil Nil Pish, smoked, dried, pickled, and Other fish, fresh or frozen .. .. 2 cwt, 9 salted .. .. .. 1,686 cwt. 6,596

Fish Exported.

Table showing Number and Species of Whales taken, and Value of Products.

Table showing the Total Payments of the Marine and Inspection of Machinery Department during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1922.

Locality. Disposed of in Dominion. Exported. Total Number. Total Value. I Fovcaux Strait Dredge-oysters. Sacks. 22,926 Saeks. 1,620 Sacks. 24,546 £ s. d. 15,341 0 0 Rock-oysters. 3,0331 3,537 - 590 | Bay of Islands Hauraki Gulf , . !!i-i-al Barrier . . 7,160 7,763 0 0 Total 23,104 0 0

New Zealand Produec. Quantity. Value. Anchovies, salted (in bulk) .. .. .. Nil Nil Oysters, fresh .. .. ■• •• 92,340 doz. £965 Other fish, fresh or frozen .. .. .. 8,820 ewt. £25,291 Fish, preserved in tins . . .. .. .. 92,740 1b. £8,537 Fish, smoked, dried, pickled, and salted .. .. 137 cwt. £509 Not New Zealand Produce. Quantity. Value. Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 104,8351b. £4,894 10 cwt. £59

Whaling-station. Number of Whales taken. Species. Yield of Oil. Quantity of Bonedust or I'Yrlilizcr Produced. Total Value. /hangamumu .. .. j Marlborough Sounds and Cook Strait.. .aikoura .. . . j Totals .. .. .. | 1 39 34 16 2 92 Right whale Humpback Humpback Humpback Right whale j Tons. 181 120 "i 362 40 tons bonedust . . 7 ewt. whalebone .. £ 8,000 2,520 1,403 I 10 12,063

m „,.... Rent. Office „,___„.__. salaries Wanes Travelling Postages, ,',,',„ ,7 Miscellaneous Division of Department S Suse«&c Allowances. Telegrams. ,,.' ."..•„„ and Totals. BonuseR, &c. 8nd Expenses, and Telcplioncs. ( . ; "S ,. :"' B Contingencies. Division of Department "£*£»£•■ Auowiinc," &££& OieSSlng Bonus, s, cvc. , lml Bxpen8eB , I and Telephones. < li.inuyj iintin„ Miscellaneous and Contingencies, anu stationery. Head Office Harbours Lighthouses ■ . - Meteorological Mercantile Marine,&c. Inspection of Machinery, &c. Protection of fish and oysters Government steamers & s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Head Office .. 8,349 8 9| 98 5 6 648 1 9 1,406 16 0 5,885 4 7(a) 16,387 16 7 Harbours .. 1,051 13 1 \ 196 16 4 16 10 0 29 9 5 1,578 15 6(A) 2,873 4 4 Lighthouses ..121,329 16 8 I 760 10 8 50 1 0 .. 15,170 15 5(c) 37,311 3 9 Meteorological ..11,832 13 0 59 0 1 1,500 10 10 343 4 7 184 3 2 3.919 11 8 Mercantile Marine,&c. 11,701 19 8 444 3 9 326 6 9 1 424 6 5 75119 4(d) 13,648 15 11 Inspection of Ma- 20,403 2 9 5,884 19 1 736 5 4 ! 845 8 1 371 19 6 28,241 14 9 eliinei'v Ae. £ s. d. i 8,349 8 9 1,051 13 1 121,329 16 8 j j 1,832 13 0 ! ill,701 19 8 20,403 2 9 cbincry, &e. Protection of fish and ! 2,917 1 5 537 14 4 .. .. 11,563 19 0(e) 15,018 14 9 ovsters 2,917 1 5 oysters Government steamers j 1,889 11 8 .. .. .. 32,404 14 0 (/) 34,294 6 2 Totals .. 69,475 7 0 7,981 17 0 3,277 15 8 3,049 4 6 67,911 11 0 151,695 7 11 i 1,889 11 8 Totals '69,475 7 0 i ! ! i («.) Includes £1,928 8s. 9d., grants and subsidies for repairs, renewals, and extensions to wharves, clearing rivers, repairs to lights and beacons, and assistance to Mokau Harbour Board; £1,811 8s. fid., expenses Inland Waterways Commission; CI5I 7s. 7d., checking overcrowding of passenger traffic; £321 Is. Id., war medals and ribands for erews of mercantile-marine vessels; £820, preparation of nautical tables; £430, Clutha River Board's dredge; £108 12s. 7d., cartage ami freight; £850 5s. Id.; New Zealand Nautical Almanac, £/*4 3s. Id., relief of distressed seamen. (6.) includes £1.8 Us. Id., repairs; £368 4s. 9d., buoy chain, stores, ami oil; 2256 Ss. 2d., buoys, beacons, and gas tor lights; £808 His. 3d., repairs to Kaipara beacons; £210 Os. 8d., re-erection of boatman's cottage at Hokianga Heads; £147 L8s. 6d., repairs Io beacon, Jackson's Head. (c) includes £144 18s. (id., books, etc.; £028 (is., carriage of mails; £618 18s, l()d., wis and stoves for automatic lights; £4,410 :Ss. 8ll., new dwellings at lighthouses; £5,373 Ills. 10d„ oil and stoves; £508 4s. 6d., purchase and shoeing of horses ami forage for same; £1,745 7s. lid., rebuilding Iightkceper's house at I'outo; £948 3s. 5d., repairs to lighthouses, dwellings, Ac; £300, sun-valves for automatic lights; £165 14s. 4d., fog-signals, cartridges, and maintenance. (d.) Includes £278 19s. ml., administration of Shipping and Seamen Act, etc.', £4:12 Is. Id., expenses connected With examinations; £27 6s. 4d., prosecutions under Shipping and Seamen Act. (c.) Includes £449 Us. 2d., benzine, oil, and stores; £223 lis. Kid., maintenance, llakatarainea llalchcry; £687 10s., maintenance Portobello Fish-hatchery ; £1,892 His. 5d., launch for Hay of Islands; £4,53(1 16s. ltd., picking and sale of oysters ; £544 12s. 'l hi planting oysters; £.119 (is. :ld., purchase of nets and gear for sale to fishermen ; £1,203 9s. Id., repairs" Te Waipounamu " ; £823 2s. Oct, stoeldn- rivers with salmon ; £1,200, purchase of foreshore, k'awau Island. (/.) Includes £6,332 14s. (Id., upkeep " Aniokura " ; £1(1,085 lis. 3d., upkeep and working-expenses, " Hinemoa " ; £9,876 His. 9d upkeep ami working-expense*, " Tutanekai " : too. superannuation, El, 0. Hunter.