STEWART'S ISLAND.
From Stewart's Island, we learn that Buckley and party are still working at Ruggedy Beach, making wages, where they intend remaining until August. Also, that two more oyster beds have just been discovered, promising to be the source of profitable employment to a good number of ! fishermen. One of the banks is about two miles off Fort William, in fifteen fathoms of water, and was discovered by Cross, the master of one of the boats trading between the Island and the New River. The other bed was first noticed by Scully, another trader, and lies off Gardon Point, about four miles from Fort William. It is by far the largest known on the coast, and is like* wise at a depth of fifteen fathoms. It is to be hoped these new sources of wealth may be properly economised.
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Southland Times, Issue 1190, 9 July 1869, Page 4
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140STEWART'S ISLAND. Southland Times, Issue 1190, 9 July 1869, Page 4
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