New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 4

Page 84

✨ Fishing and Oyster-Gathering Statistics



FISHING, OYSTER-GATHERING AND -DREDGING.

TABLE XXXII.—Showing the Fishing and Oyster-getting Business in the Colony of New Zealand as on the 5th April, 1891, the Number of Hands employed, the Number and Value of Boats and Nets, and the Value of Buildings used.

Provincial Districts. Fishing, &c., carried on Total Number of Persons employed. Number paid by Wages (included in previous column). Annual Amount paid in Wages. £ Fishing. Oyster-gathering and -dredging. Value of Buildings (if any) used for Fishing Purposes. £ Remarks.
By Single Persons. By Partnerships or Companies. Total. Boats used. Nets used. Boats used. Dredges used.
Number. Tonnage. Value. £ Number. Value. £ Number. Value. £ Number. Value. £
Auckland .. .. 19 20 39 93 25 1,555 62 220 2,877 121 808 2 214 .. .. 1,392 Four boats, aggregate value, £113, worked by eight men, used for oyster-gathering as well as fishing, are shown in fishing column only.
Hawke's Bay .. 6 .. 6 6 .. .. 6 6 30 34 75 .. .. .. .. .. One only three months in operation.
Wellington .. 13 15 28 60 10 406 50 107 1,019 169 551 .. .. .. .. 136
Marlborough .. 8 5 13 27 7 502 23 31 304 70 318 .. .. .. .. 540
Nelson .. 7 1 8 10 .. .. 10 10 101 62 217 .. .. .. .. ..
Canterbury .. 31 15 46 81 15 810 67 108 1,080 550 1,043 .. .. .. .. 191
Otago .. 39 74 113 390 157 12,496 200 306 3,017 334 1,626 11 2,910 22 85 1,734
Totals.. .. 123 130 253 667 214 15,769 418 788 8,428 1,340 4,638 13 3,124 22 85 3,993

By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBUKY, Government Printer, Wellington.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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🌾 Fishing and Oyster-Gathering Business Statistics

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
5 April 1891
Fishing, Oyster-Gathering, Statistics, Employment, Boats, Nets, Dredges, Buildings
  • George Didsbury, Government Printer