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Table III. —Showing the Number of Sacks and Value of the Oysters obtained in the Dominion during the Year ended 31st December, 1933.

Table IV.- Showing the Number and Species of Whales taken off the New Zealand Coast, with Quantity of Products for the Year ended 31st March, 1934.

ISTote The above record for Whangamumu refers to special operations off Cape Brett undertaken for the purpose of obtaining motion pictures of the whaling. Ordinary commercial operations were suspended for this season.

Table V.-Showing the Total Quantity and Value of Fish and Shell-fish imported into and exported from New Zealand during the Year ended 31st March, 1934. Fish and Shell-fish imported.

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Locality. Quantity. (Wholesale). Dkedqe Oystebs. Sacks. : £ „ 42,176 21,088 Foveaux Strait .. •• •• •• I Rook Oystebs. Bay of Islands .. ■ • • • • • ■ • • • 1 ") Kaipara Harbour .. .. •• •• •• . )■ 5,254 HaurakiGulf* .. Coromandel .. .. • • • • • • • • ' • J Total .. •• •• 4 ' 717 Grand total .. .. •• •• 46,893 26,342 » Takatu to Gull Point, 192 ; South Shore Tamaki Straits, 56 ; Kawau, 144 ; Rakino, 168 ; Rangitoto, 3S5 ; Motutapu, 117 ; Brown s Island, 24; Motuihi, 28 ; Waiheke, 555 ; Ponui, 133.

I Number of a • Yield of Quantity of Bonednst Whaling-station. j whales taken. species. 0il and Fertilizer. . j -—~~ ; ; " I Tons. Whangamumu (Russell) .. ■ • • • j 3 Humpback 3 Nil Marlborough Sounds (Picton) . . • ■ • • j 41 »

Description of Fish. Quantity. Value. £ Oysters .. . • • • • • • • • • • • Anchovies, salted, in containers of 28 lb. or over .. cwt. Other fish — __ A , g o al Frozen, smoked, pickled, dried, or salted .. .. ... 770 cwt. KSR99 Potted and preserved in tins 2,141,3251b. 68,622 71,079