H.—ls.

Whaling.

Table showing the Number of Steam Trawlers, Oil-engine Trawlers, and other Vessels employed in Line and Net Fishing, with the Number of Fishermen employed, and approximately the Total Number of Persons engaged in the Fishing Industry at each Port for the Year ending 31st March, 1919.

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Whaling-station. Number of Whales taken. Species. Yield of Oil. Quantity of Bonedust or Fertilizer Total Value, produced. Wluuigaummu... Marlborough Sounds and Cook Strait Kaikoura 41 H 40 Humpback ... lumpback ToriH. 224 250 38 tons bonedust £ s. d. $8 tons bonedust 7,176 0 0 7,500 0 0 ,, ... 9 ,, ... 40 1,200 0 0 Totals 90 514 15,876 0 0

'ompi. :rom ,e re ;urns rrven in 'istrict .speetors' re lor iS. Name of Port. Steam Trawlers. Oil-engine Trawlers. Line- and ! Net-fishing Vessels. Number of Fishermen employed. Persons Employed in various ways in connection with the Industry. Total Number of Persons employed. Hokianga Russell Whangarei Kaipara Auckland Thames Tauranga Gisborne Napier Wanganui Foxton Wellington Picton Blenheim Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Kaikoura Lyttelton and Sumner Akaroa Southbridge Kaiapoi and Styx Rangiora New Brighton Timaru Oamaru and Moeraki Dunedin and Port Chalmers .. Invercargill Bluff Stewart Island Chatham Islands 5 2 9 1 2 1 2 3 8 2 5 8 4 9 30 , 15 25 65 36 39 23 54 10 19 92 18 5 58 14 10 I 10 36 12 11 44 15 5 16 29 60 13 50 28 13 17 60 20 30 157 108 30 59 110 7 24 230 25 14 20 20 12 90* 22 63 17 18 45 15 5 40 41 111 15 107 58 30 10 15 44 22 18 4 140 10 2 10 17 60 30 45 201 130 30 59 128 11 24 370 35 16 30 20 12 100 22 63 17 18 45 15 5 48 41 200 15 107 66 41 L. . 10 md Sumner ;e id Styx .. ton .'.' i 8 id Moeraki nd Port Chalmers 8 .. 2 89 1 3 [and 8 11 slands Totals 26 32 865 1,620 401 2,021 * Prine [pally whitebi dt fishing.