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Table VII. —Showing the Number of Sacks and Value of the Oysters obtained in the Dominion during the Year ended 31st December, 1946

Table VIII.—Showing the Number and Species of Whales taken off the New Zealand Coast, with Quantity of Products, for the Year ended 31st December, 1946

Table IX.—Showing the Total Quantity and Value op Fish and Shell-fish IMPORTED INTO AND EXPORTED FROM NEW ZEALAND DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st December, 1946

Fish and Shell-fish imported

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Locality. Quantity. Value. Dkedge Oysters | Sacks. I £(N.Z.) Foveaux Strait .. 1 89,356 1 67,017 • * Rock Oysters Bay of Islands 2,396 Whangarei Harbour 212 Kaipara Harbour 669 > 8,933 Hauraki Gulf* 1,326 Coromandel 500 Total .. Gtand total 5,103 94,459 75,950 * Rangitoto, 46; Bakatoa, 15; Rotoroa, 121; Waiheke, 786-; Ponui, 358.

Whaling-station. Number of Whales Taken. Species. Keld of Oil. Quantity of Other Products. Tons. Tons. Marlborough Sounds 110 Humpbacks 700 / 90 (bonedust) (Picton) \40 (earthed meat).

Kind of Fish. Quantity. Value. £(N.Z.) Herrings (tinned) 317,581 lb. 21,525 Other kinds (tinned) 1,023 lb. 478 Other fish, smoked, dried, or salted 208 cwt. 3,956 25,959