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Return showing the Total Quantity and Value of Fish imported into and exported from New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1920.

Table showing the Number of Steam-trawlers, Oil-engine Trawlers, and other Vessels employed in Line and net Fishing, with the Number of Fishermen employed, and approximately the Total Number of Persons engaged in the Fishing Industry at each Port for the Year ended 31st March, 1921. (Compiled from the returns given in the district Inspectors' reports.)

•is importei Quantity. Value. Anchovies, salted (in bulk) Oysters, fresh Other fish, fresh or frozen Fish, preserved in tins Fish, smoked, dried, pickled, and salted ... 5 cwt. Nil Nil 4,755,1371b. 2,176 cwt. £57 Nil. Nil. £251,398 £8,227 Fish exported. Now Zealand Produce. Not New Zealand Produce. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Anchovies, salted (in bulk) ... Oysters, fresh Other fish, fresh or frozen Fish, preserved in tins Fish, smoked, dried, pickled, and salted Nil 121,234 doz. 6,375 cwt. 133,4721b. 282 cwt. Nil £1,323 £14,032 £12,891 £599 Nil Nil Nil 313,6111b. 78 cwt. Nil. Nil. Nil. £11,785 £253

Name of Port. Steamtrawlers. „., . Line- and Number of Oil-engine Net . fishing Fishermen irawjors. Vessels. employed. Persons Total other than Number of Fishermen Persons employed. employed. Whangaroa Hokianga Russell Whangarei Kaipara Auckland Thames Tauranga Gisborne Napier New Plymouth Wanganui Foxton Wellington Picton Blenheim Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Kaikoura Rangiora Kaiapoi Southbridge Lyttelton and Sumner Akaroa Timaru 6 3 10 1 1 12 14 51 12 36 165 32 24 24 60 34 10 25 62 26 12 62 9 11 1 23 18 24 23 20 14 11 |9 24 77 ii.9 54 28 9 7 23 120 17 57 134 70 30 50 141 60 9 40 143 35 18 15 10 16 2 47 21 24 35 30 28 30 18 36 146 20 60 10 70 25 9 4 10 2 1 135 6 4 7 23 180 17 67 204 95 30 59 145 70 11 41 278 41 22 15 10 22 2 50 21 24 35 34 28 38 18 36 236 20 115 73 26 1 6 3 6 4 8 8 Oamaru Moeraki Otago District Invercargill Bluff Stewart Island Chatham Islands 2 7 90 65 18 8 8 Totals 1,025 1,515 463 26 22 2,093