The economic value of several varieties of shellfish found in New" Zealand was mentioned by Mr A. W. B. Powell, conchologist and palaeootologist to the Auckland War Memorial Museum, in the course of an address recently. He said that in 1930 there were 5215 sacks of rock oysters gathered from the northern beds, the value being £6258, while in the same period 42,744 sacks of Stewart Island oysters, valued at £26,715, were collected. There were 9037 sacks of Auckland mussels marketed in 1930, the price realized being £2833, while 6532 cases of toheroas were packed in 1929, representing a value of £12,442.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19321101.2.33
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 21852, 1 November 1932, Page 4
Word Count
102Untitled Southland Times, Issue 21852, 1 November 1932, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in