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Table showing the various Kinds of Fish caught, etc — continued.

Table showing the Number of Sacks and Value of the Oysters disposed of in the Dominion and exported for the Year ended 31st December, 1923.

Table showing the Total Quantity and Value of Fish imported into and exported from New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1923. Fish imported. Description of Fish. ■ Quantity. a £ ' lc ' Description of Fish. Quantity. Value. Anchovies, salted (in bulk).. .. 10 cwt. 38 Fish, preserved in tins .. 2,675,1981b. 110,246 Oysters, fresh .. .. .. Nil Nil Fish, smoked, dried, pickled, and Other fish, fresh or frozen .. .. Nil Nil salted .. .. .. 1,793 cwt. 5,039

Fish exported.

Name of Port. Particular Kinds of Fish caught. Quantity. Total Value. Westport Flounder, sole, snapper, groper, herring, gurnard, turbot, ling, crayfish, kahawai, whitebait Flounder, blue cod, red cod, groper, sole, snapper, whitebait, herring Whitebait Flounder, kahawai, red cod, snapper, herring, whitebait Whitebait Groper, trumpeter, ling, kingfish, butterfish, blue cod, flounder Whitebait, flounder, herring Whitebait, herring, flounder, kahawai, red cod Flounder, herring, red cod Barracouta, butterfish, blue cod, red cod, flounder, groper, gurnard, ling, kingfish, moki, skate, sole, trumpeter, trevally, warehou, tarakihi, crayfish Groper, ling, tarakihi, butter-fish, flounder, sole, moki, gurnard, hake, barracouta, warehou, garfish, trevally, crayfish Brill, flounder, sole, groper, ling, red cod, gurnard, kingfish, barracouta, elepliant-fish Groper, rod cod, blue cod, moki, barracouta, ling, warehou, trevally, tarakihi Blue cod, red cod, moki, trumpeter, groper, barracouta, ling (Iroper, kingfish, ling, barracouta, trumpeter, mullet, gurnard, moki, trevally, kahawai, red cod, tarakihi, elephant-fish, blue cod, bream, garfish, flounder, sole, brill, skate Blue cod, red cod, ling, kingfish, barracouta, groper, moki, flounder, solo, whitebait, crayfish Whitebait .. .. Blue cod, groper, flounder, sole, trumpeter, trevally, whitebait Whitebait Blue cod, groper, trumpeter, moki, butterfish, crayfish Blue cod, hapuku, trumpeter, tarakihi Cwt. 845 £ s. d. 1,948 5 0 r Greymouth <( Hokitika < 90 500 0 0 Kaikoura Rangiora Kaiapoi South bridge Lyttelton 180 45 640 3,575 16 400 560 2,000 1,000 0 0 135 0 0 3,500 0 0 6,250 0 0 237 0 0 2,000 0 0 3,300 0 0 3,700 0 0 Akaroa 4,000 7,450 0 0 Timaru 6,400 6,500 0 0 Oamaru 1,658 I,560 0 0 Mocraki Otago District 3,005 45,900 3,520 0 0 45,900 0 0 Inveroargill < Bluff .. / Stewart Island Chatham Islands 2,150 4,000 0 0 60 11,667 852 6,690 No return I,500 0 0 29,309 0 0 1,182 0 0 10,665 10 0 supplied. Totals 304,872 £390,475 3 10

Locality. Disposed of in Dominion. Exported. Total Ni imber. Total Value (Wholesale). Dredge-oysters. Fovcaux Strait Sacks. I 27,919$ Sacks. Sacks. 27,919$ 866 Sacks. Os 866 Cases. Sacks. 330 28,785$ Cases. £ 8. d. 330 17,991 0 0 1,132 19 0 1,458 9 0 4,540 4 0 330 I £25,122 12 0 Rock-oysters. Bay of Islands (including Whangarei) Kai para Hauraki Gulf 1,096 1,381 4,324 1,096 1,381 4,324 34,720| 866 1,096 1,381 4,324 330 35,586i Totals 34,7201 866

New Zealand Produce. Not New Zealand Produce. Description of Fish. 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 Nil 71,68-) doz. £762 17,109 cwt. £44,100 196,9171b. £22,730 1,213 cwt. £2,498 Nil Nil Nil 64,447 lb. Nil Nil Nil Nil £2,386 Nil