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APPENDIX O (1) —continued.

APPENDIX P. Table showing Quantities of Fish landed at Chief Fishing Ports and Quantities exported, being the Produce of New Zealand.

Note. —All landings are for years ended 31st March commencing at 1917-18. All exports are for years ended ecember until 1928 : thence ended 31st March. 31st D

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Fisherman. Method of Fishing. landed j Gr0SB Earnings. Operating Costs. Net Returns. 18 Russell. Per lb. Per lb. Per lb. Per lb. Lb. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. A (3 months) .. I Line .. .. | 7,650 | 69 | 2-17 | 39 | 1-24 | 30 | 0-93 I A 30 | 0-93 Mangonui. A .. .. | Line .. .. | .. | 43 | .. I 42 | .. | 1 | .. | A 1 | .. Whangarei. A (12 months) .. Line .. .. 32,676 425 3-13 185 1-36 240 1-77 A 240 1-77 A (6 months) .. „ .. .. 15,979 216 3-25 78 1-17 138 2-08 A 138 2-08 B and C .. .. „ .. .. 26,710 420 3-77 152 1-37 268 2-40 B 134 1-20 C 134 1-20 Ruawai (Kaipara). A .. .. Set-net .. 18,354 309 4-04 155 2-03 154 2-01 A 154 2-01 B and C .. .. „ .. 16,630 283 4-09 102 1-47 181 2-62 B 90 1-31 C 90 1 31 New Plymouth. A .. .. Line .. .. 12,684 150 2-84 108 2-03 42 0-81 A 42 0-81 B .. .. „ .. 7,338 106 3-48 15 0-49 91 2-99 B 91 2-99 C, D, B (7 months) „ .. .. 41,765 438 2-52 136 0-78 302 1-74 C 113 0-65 1) 113 0-65 E 76 0-44 F .. .. „ .. 21,716 271 3-00 218 2-41 53 0-59 F 53 0-59 G and H .. .. „ .. .. 29,423 380 3-10 118 0-97 262 2-13 G 131 1-06 H 131 106 Wellington. A, B, C (6 months) Line .. .. 62,284 644 2-48 224 0-86 420 1-62 A 140 0-54 B 140 0-54 C 140 0-54 D, E, F .. .. „ .. .. 66,844 648 2-33 250 0-89 398 1-44 D 133 0'48 E 133 0-48 F 133 0-48 G, H, I, J .. „ .. .. 132,055 1,616 2-93 360 0-65 1,256 2-28 G 314 0-57 H 314 0-57 I 314 0-57 J 314 0-57 K, L, M, N .. „ .. .. 147,011 1,599 2-61 551 0-90 1,048 1-71 K. 262 0-43 L 262 0-43 M 262 0-43 N 262 0-43 0, P, Q (8 months) ,, .. .. 74,324 929 3-00 499 1-61 430 1-39 0 143 0-46 P 143 0-46 Q 143 0 • 46 RandS* .. .. „ .. .. 149,566 1,649 2-64 1,305 2-10 344 0-54 R 172 0-27 S 172 0-27 TandU .. .. „ .. .. 117,000 1,734 3-56 848 1-74 886 1-82 T 443 0-91 U 443 0-91 * Expenses R. and S, Wellington, include wages part-time men.

Exports. Year - Quantity." Dried ' |™ ed ( SaIted ' Frozen and Fresh. Preserved Potted, and ! ' Total Value. (Quantity, j Value. Quantity, j Value. Quantity. Value. Cwt. Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Lb. £ £ 1917 .. .. 264,841 84 205 11,784 19,633 .. 3,980 33,818 1918 .. .. 216,531 28 122 7,843 12,658 .. 5,422 19,202 1919 .. -- 219,392 19 48 4,080 7,271 .. 10,106 17,425 1920 .. .. 241,072 282 599 6,375 14,032 .. 12,891 27,522 1921 .. .. 263,121 137 509 8,820 25,291 .. 8,537 34,337 1922 .. .. 270,674 186 422 12,612 36,267 .. 6,667 43,356 1923 .. .. 304,872 1,213 2,498 17,109 44,100 .. 22,730 69,329 1924 .. .. 286,289 * * 17,589f 43,644f .. 14,773 58,417 1925 .. .. 388,211 * * 14,784-f 38,424f .. 16,999 55,423 1926 .. .. 331,390 * * 17,436f 47,677t .. 15,332 63,009 1927 .. .. 355,806 * * 21,245-j" 56,757j .. 17,417 74,164 1928 .. .. 286,957 351 1,095 21,481 62,433 .. 21,355 84,883 1929-30 .. .. 367,647 414 1,208 22,760 64,772 .. 16,276 82,256 1930-31 .. .. 369,346 1,128 3,744 17,678 47,047 .. 9,881 60,672 1931-32 .. .. 318,956 638 1,851 14,098 30,395 181,635 13,184 45,430 1932-33 .. .. 287,979 521 1,216 19,894 39,662 154,806 10,443 51,321 1933-34 .. .. 313,319 1,243 2,377 34,738 64,669 512,310 30,326 97,372 1934-35 .. .. 331,415 1,968 4,064 46,714 97,469 280,418 18,475 120,008 1935-36 .. .. 363,448 2,519 6,816 54,267 123,198 347,293 21,138 151,152 1936-37 .. .. 363,128 3,724 12,069 50,727 132,401 492,741 29,205 173,675 6 months, April t« .. 678 1,915 24,996 80,001 156,475 9,001 90,917 September, 1937 I * Included in frozen fish. t Including smoked and pickled.