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Table showing the various Kinds of Fish caught and approximately the Total Quantities and Value of Fish landed at the different Fishing-ports for the Year ended 31st March, 1925.

Table showing the Number of Sacks and Value of the Oysters disposed of in the Dominion and exported for the Year ended 31st December, 1924.

(Compiled from the figures given in the District Inspectors' reports for the year.) Name of Port. Principal Kinds of Fish caught. ! Quantity. Total Value. Cwt. £ s. d. Russell .. .. Mullet, snapper, crayfish, hapuku, flounder, kingfish .. .. 17,700 10,620 0 0 Whangarei .. Snapper, mullet, flounder, hapuku, trevally.. .. .. 2,299 3,131 16 0 Kaipara.. .. Mullet, snapper, flounder.. .. . . .. .. 4,350 7,750 0 0 Auckland (including f Snapper, flounder, sole, gurnard, mullet, trevally, hapuku, 134,552 126,151 0 0 Thames, C o r o- J tarakihi, john-dory, kahawai, crayfish, moki, kingfish, buttermandel, and Ma- j fish, garfish, mussels nukau (_ Mussels .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,900 (sacks) 475 0 0 Cwt. Tauranga .. Hapuku, trevally, kahawai, snapper, flounder, gurnard, moki, 2,100 3,150 0 0 mullet, garfish, kingfish Gisborne .. Tarakihi, gurnard, snapper, flounders, sole, hapuku, crayfish .. 2,183 3,735 0 0 ("Tarakihi, snapper, moki, kahawai, gurnard, trevally, hapuku, 20,948 27,964 15 0 » T . J barracouta, john-dory, flounder, sole, brill, cockles, mussels mpier ■' ) Crayfish .. .. .. .. .. 720 (sacks) 1,350 0 0 mussels .. .. .. .. .. 225 (sacks) 140 12 6 Cwt. New Plymouth .. Snapper, hapuku, tarakihi, kahawai, red cod, gurnard, crayfish 1,983 2,921 0 0 Wanganui .. Snapper, flounder, hapuku, blue cod .. .. .. 277 440 0 0 Fox ton .. .. Flounder, snapper, hapuku, kahawai, whitebait .. .. 400 1,400 0 0 Wellington .. Butterfish, tarakihi, hake, gurnard, moki, blue cod, groper, * * flounder, sole, warehou, ling, snapper Picton .. .. Blue cod, moki, hapuku, crayfish, butterfish, red cod, snapper 7,520 11,280 0 0 Blenheim .. Flounder, sole, snapper, groper, gurnard, blue cod, red cod, 1,450 2,700 0 0 butterfish, crayfish, whitebait Nelson .. .. Kahawai, barracouta, blue cod, red cod, hapuku, gurnard, 2,063 2,488 0 0 flounder, sole, snapper Westport .. Blue cod, crayfish, groper, flounder, gurnard, herrings, kahawai, 683 1,467 15 0 snapper, whitebait Greymouth .. Blue cod, groper, herring, flounder, sole, snapper, whitebait .. 80 448 0 0 Hokitika .. Whitebait, herring, flounder, red cod, snapper .. .. 461 2,363 10 0 Kaikoura .. Butterfish, tarakihi,' hake, trumpeter, groper .. .. 3,600 4,000 0 0 Lyttelton .. Moki, flounder, sole, ling, gurnard, groper, barracouta, butterfish, 1,800 3,450 0 0 crayfish, blue cod, red cod, tarakihi, trumpeter, trevally Kaiapoi.. .. Flounder, whitebait, kahawai, red cod .. .. .. 194 1,048 0 0 Rangiora .. Flounder, herring, whitebait, red cod .. .. .. 15 215 0 0 Southbridge .. Flounder, herring, red cod .. . . .. .. 400 2,000 0 0 Akaroa .. .. Moki, butterfish, kahawai,barracouta, red cod, blue cod, flounder, 1,000 1,800 0 0 sole, groper, ling, conger-eel, crayfish Timaru .. .. Red cod, barracouta, gurnard, elephant-fish, groper, flounder, 9,857 14,785 10 0 sole, brill, ling Oamaru.. .. Blue cod, red cod, moki, barracouta, groper, crayfish .. 1,785 1,622 0 0 Moeraki.. .. Groper, moki, trumpeter, blue cod, red cod, barracouta, ling, 3,618 4,602 0 0 crayfish Otago District .. Moki, trumpeter, bream, tarakihi, trevally, garfish, groper, 42,620 43,500 0 0 kingfish, ling, blue cod, red cod, barracouta, gurnard, elephant-fish, flounder, sole, brill, skate Invercargill .. Groper, moki, flounder, ling, blue cod, red cod, sole, barracouta 1,700 4,000 0 0 Bluff .. .. Groper, flounder, trevally, blue cod, trumpeter, sole .. .. 8,913 20,459 0 0 Stewart Island .. Groper, butterfish, blue cod, trumpeter, moki, crayfish .. 7,664 13,927 0 0 Chatham Islands.. Blue cod, groper, trumpeter, tarakihi .. .. .. 4,074 10,779 0 0 Totols •• •• •• • __ {'T/o'T&kl) 336 ' 16318 6 * Not obtainable

Locality. i "Bot'" I Total Kumber. | ™ £j» I | i Dredge-oysters. Sacks. Sacks. Cases. Sacks. Cases. £ s. d. Foveaux Strait .. .. .. 23,274 522 360 23,796 360 14,873 0 0 Bock-oysters. Bay of Islands (including Whangarei) 161 161 .. Hauraki Gulf .. .. .. 3,726 .. .. 3,726 [ Kaipara .. .. .. .. 2,011' 2,011 .. y 8,395 9 3 Great Barrier .. .. .. 620 .. .. 620 Coroinandei .. • • 323 .. .. 323 .. J Totals .. .. .. 30,115 522 360 30,637 360 £23,268 9 3