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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, 1948

Table VIII —Showing the Total Quantity and Value of Fish, Crayfish, and Shell-fish Imported into and Exported from New Zealand During the Year Ended 31st December, 1948 Fish Imported

Crayfish and Shell-fish Exported

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Locality. Quantity. Value. Dredge Oysters « i Sacks. 1 I £(N.Z-.) Foveaux Strait .. .. .. 94,444 79,097 Rock Oysters Bay of Islands 2,242 Whangarei Harbour 226 Coromandel 368 Great Barrier Island 240 9,945 Kaipara Harbour 1,027 Manukau Harbour 54 Hauraki Gulf (see text for detail) 1,536 - Total Grand total 5,693 100,137 89,042

Kind of Fish. Quantity. Value. Anchovie—salted 1 cwt. £ 71 Fish —fresh, smoked, or dried .. Herring (canned) 1,197 cwt. 13,719 1,002,9571b. 79,890 Salmon (canned) ... 1,579,141 lb. 106,829 Sardines, bristling, and sild (canned) 997,048 lb. 171,681 Other kinds (canned) 782,493 lb. 68,621 Total 440,811

Kind of Fish. Quantity. Value. Crayfish, including crayfish tails 3,731 cwt. £ 44,466 Oysters 1,020 doz. 30 Mussels 75 cwt. 531 Total .. .. .. 45,027