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Lyttelton Times, Volume III, Issue 132, 16 July 1853, Page 7

Chinese Fisheries.—Many of our readers may not be'aAvare that on the south side of llincon Point, near the mouth of Mission creek, there is a settlement of Chinese well worth a visit. It consists of about one hundred and fifty inhabitants, avlio are chiefly engaged in fishing. They have tAventy-five boats, some of Avhich may be seen at all hours, .moving over the Avaters —some going to others returning from the fishing grounds. The houses are placed in a line on each side of the one street of the Aillage, and look neat and comfortable. Here and there a group is seen making fishlines, and Avith their rude machines, .stacking.in heaps the quantities of fish Avhich, laying on all sides around, dry in the sun, and emit an ancient and fish-like odour. The fish Avhich they catch, consist of sturgeon, rates and shark, and large quantities of herring. The latter are dried Avhole, Avhile the larger are cut into thin pieces. When they are sufficiently dry, they are packed in barrels, boxes, or sacks,'and sent into town to be disposed of. to those of their countrymen avlio are going to the mines or are bound upon long voyages. An intelligent Chinaman told us that the average yield of their fishing a day was about three thousand pounds, and that they found ready sale for them at live dollars the hundred pounds, AA'hich would amount in money to six hundred dollars, or, if my estimate of the number of inhabitants is correct, to four dollars per man. — California Journal.