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Table VII.—Showing the Number of Sacks and Value of the Oysters obtained in the Dominion during the Year ended 31st December, 1945

Table VIII. —Showing the Number and Species of Whales taken off the New Zealand Coast, with Quantity of Products, for the Year ended 31st December, 1945

Table IX.—Showing the Total Quantity and Value of Fish and Shell-fish imported into and exported from New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1945 Fish and Shell-fish imported

Fish and Shell-fish exported

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Locality. Quantity. Value. Dredge Oysters Foveaux Strait .. .. .. .. | Sacks. 76,038 1 £(N.Z.) 57,028 Rock Oysters Bay of Islands Whangarei Harbour Kaipara Harbour Hauraki Gulf* Coromandel Great Barrier Island 2,003 195 907 1,479 650 242 9,583 Total 5,476 Grand total 81,514 66,611 * Pahiki, 118 ; Motutapu, 97 ; Rotoroa, 120 ; Pakatoa, 17 ; Ponui, 408 .; Waiheke, 719.

Whaling-station. Number of Whales taken. Species. Yield of Oil. Quantity of Other Products. Tons. Tons. Marlborough Sounds 107 Humpbacks 750 100 (bonedust) (Picton)

Kind of Fish. Quantity. Value. £(N.Z.) Sardines, brisling, and sild (tinned) 37,500 lb. 2,491 Other fish— Smoked, dried, or salted 129 cwt. 2,633 Preserved 288 lb. 17 5,141

Kind of Fish. Exporting Ports. Quantity. Value. £(N.Z.) Oysters, fresh Auckland 180 doz. 4 Other ports 460 doz. 14 Total 640 doz. 18 \