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1895. NEW ZEALAND.

FISH AND OYSTERS EXPORTED. RETURN SHOWING QUANTITY AND VALUE OF EXPORTS FROM 1st APRIL, 1892, TO 31st MARCH, 1895.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated SOth July, 1895. Ordered, " That a return be laid before this House showing the total exports of fish and oysters, together with the value thereof, from all ports mentioned in a return laid upon the table dated 27th June, 1895, such return also to include the Ports of Blufi Harbour and Invercargill, and to cover a period of three years ending 31st March, 1895." —(Mr. J. W. Kelly.)

Return of Oysters and Fish exported from 1st April, 1892, to 31st March, 1895.

W. T. Glasgow, Department of Trade and Customs, Secretary and Inspector. Wellington, Ist August, 1895. Approximate Cost of Paper .—Preparation, not given ; printing (1,350 copies), £1 Is.

By Authority: Samuel Costall, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9s. Price, 3d.]

Port or Place from which exported. Pi: ih. Oyste: :s. Auckland (including Devonport, Manukau, Waihiki Island, Waipu, Whangarei, Thames, Coromandel, Tairua, Mercury Bay) Eussell (including Kawakawa, Mongonui, and Whangaroa) Kaipara ... Tauranga Poverty Bay New Plymouth and Waitara Patea Wanganui Wellington (including Lower Hutt) ... Napier Picton and Wairau Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika ... Lyttelton (including Leeston) Timaru ... Oamaru ... Dunedin and Port Chalmers Invercargill and Bluff Cwt. 4,001 34 22 1,294 116 33 10 £ 6,908 104 60 1,370 163 50 20 Dozen. 1,164,540 306,000 '"2OO £ 3,904 1,531 2 56 21 24 246 60 25 1 3^647 8,748 3,428 6,772 1,150 408,353 12 3,424 Totals ... 18,006 19,207 1,880,243 8,873