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Table showing the various Kinds of Fish caught and approximately the Total Quantities and Value of Fish landed at the different Fishing-ports for the Year ended 31st March, 1926.

Table showing the Number of Sacks and Value of the Oysters disposed of in the Dominion and exported for the Year ended 31st December, 1925.

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(Compiled from the figures given in the District Inspectors' reports for the year.) Name of Port. Principal Kinds of Fish caught. Quantity. Total Value. £ s. d. Hokianga .. Snapper, mullet, kahawai, flounder .. .. No returns sup- K. • • W plied Pi Russell .. .. Crayfish, mullet, hapuku, snapper, flounder, kahawai, kingfish, J 15,800 cwt. 9,000 0 0 maumau Whangarei .. Snapper, mullet, flounder, hapuku .. .. .. 2,348 cwt. 4,749 1 8 Kaipara .. Snapper, flounder, mullet, kahawai, trevally, gurnard .. 4,300 cwt. 9,300 0 0 Toheroa .. .. .. .. .. .. 980 cases 1,715 0 0 Auckland District ! Snapper, tarakihi, trevally, flounder, sole, gurnard, hapuku, 159,588 cwt. 147,429 0 0 john-dory, kingfish, moki, rock-cod, kahawai, butterfish, crayfish, barracouta, mullet, garfish, mussels J Crayfish .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,220 cases 3,050 0 0 | Mussels .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,600 sacks 500 0 0 Tauranga .. ! Snapper, hapuku, trevally, kahawai, rock-cod, garfish, moki, 3,000 cwt. 5,599 0 0 flounder, crayfish Gisborne .. j Tarakihi, gurnard, snapper, flounder, soles, kahawai, hapuku, 2,514 cwt. 3,752 0 0 crayfish Napier .. .. Tarakihi, snapper, moki, kahawai, gurnard, trevally, hapuku, 24,224 cwt. 32,580 13 0 southern kingfish, barracouta, john-dory, flounder, sole, brill Crayfish .. .. .. .. .. .. j 780 sacks 1,462 10 0 j Whitebait .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,2001b. 400 0 0 | Shell-fish (pipis, cockles, mussels) .. . . .. 310 sacks 193 15 0 New Plymouth . . Snapper, hapuku, kingfish, tarakihi, kahawai, cod, crayfish, 1,200 cwt. 1,680 0 0 gurnard Wanganui . . j Blue-cod, hapuku, flounder, snapper .. .. .. 293 cwt. 463 14 8 Foxton .. .. j Flounder, snapper, hapuku, kahawai, whitebait .. .. 500 cwt. 1,600 0 0 Wellington .. j Tarakihi, gurnard, flounder, sole, snapper, ling, warehou, 70,662 cwt. 109,307 0 0 hapuku, moki, butterfish, blue cod, southern kingfish I'ieton .. .. I Hapuku, moki, butterfish, garfish, crayfish, blue cod .. 6,200 cwt. 9,300 0 0 Blenheim .. I Red cod, sole, flounder, ling, snapper, moki, hapuku gurnard, 2,000 cwt. 3,750 0 0 tarakihi, mackerel, butterfish, crayfish Nelson .. .. Snapper, flounder, gurnard, bream, hapuku, cod, crayfish, 1,400 cwt. 1,517 8 0 barracouta Westport .. j Red cod, crayfish, flounder, groper, gurnard, hapuku, kahawai, 820 cwt. 3,309 10 0 ling, moki, snapper, sole, turbot, whitebait Greymouth .. Flounder, sole, cod, groper, snapper, whitebait, herring .. 30 cwt. 168 0 0 Whitebait .. .. .. .. .. .. 24,000 1b. 3,000 0 0 Hokitika . . I Groper, snapper, flounder, herring, kahawai .. .. 50 cwt. 100 0 0 Whitebait .. .. ... .. .. .. 94,595 1b. 8,904 7 6 Kaikoura .. [ Groper, ling, trumpeter, southern kingfish, butterfish, terekihi, 2,319 cwt. 4,200 0 0 moki, crayfish Kaiapoi . . | Whitebait, kahawai, flounder .. . . .. .. 234 cwt. 980 0 0 Akaroa .. .. j Groper, ling, conger eel, flounder, sole, brill, blue and red cod, 1,200 cwt. 1,900 0 0 crayfish, barracouta, kingfish, kahawai, moki, butterfish, &c. Lyttelton .. | Groper, barracouta, red cod, ling, flounder, sole, gurnard, brill 12,000 cwt. 18,000 0 0 Southbridge (Lake j Flounder, herring .. .. .. .. .. 500 cwt. 2,000 0 0 Ellesmere) Timaru .. .. J Flounder, sole, brill, groper, ling, red cod, gurnard, kingfish, 4,400 cwt. 6,600 0 0 barracouta Oamaru. . .. Groper, red cod, blue cod, moki, barracouta, ling .. .. 2,174 cwt. 2,966 0 0 Moeraki.. .. Groper, red cod, blue cod, moki, crayfish, barracouta, ling .. 3,065 cwt. 5,038 0 0 Otago District .. Groper, ling, red cod, barracouta, kingfish, blue cod, moki, 43,540 cwt. , 45,717 0 0 trumpeter, terakihi, trevally, mullet, garfish, kahawai, gurnard, kelpfish, sole, flounder, brill, skate Invercargill .. Blue and red cod, groper, moki, flounder, kingfish, mullet, 1,750 cwt. 4,300 0 0 ling, sole, crayfish, barracouta, whitebait Bluff .. .. Groper, blue cod, flounder .. .. .. 9,686 cwt. Oysters .. .. .. .. •• •• 1,562,321 dozen 20,893 0 0 Stewart Island .. Biue cod, groper, trumpeter, moki .. .. .. 7,639 cwt. 13,480 0 0 Chatham Islands Blue cod, hapuku, trumpeter .. •• •• .. 4,775 cwt. 12,825 0 0 Totals .. .. .. .. 388,211 cwt. 502,329 19 10

LocaHty. ' D &°n.'" M*' Dredge-oysters. Sacks. Sacks. Cases. Sacks. Oases. £ s. d. Foveaux Strait .. .. .. 23,870 J, 987 Si 25,857 89 17,576 0 0 Bock-oysters, Bay of Islands .. .. •. 3,418 Whangarei .. .. . • 324 Kaipara .. .. .. • • 237 Hauraki Gulf .. •• 3,131 .. .. 8,281 .. I 10,205 12 0 Coromandel . . • • .. 575 .. .. .. Great Barrier .. .. .. 59fi .. .. .. Totals .. .. .. 32,151 1,987 . 89 34,138 89 ! 27,781 12 0