New Zealand Gazette – 1896 – No. 93

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✨ Fishing and Oyster Industry Statistics



Dec. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

FISHING, OYSTER GATHERING AND DREDGING.

TABLE showing the Fishing and Oyster-getting Industries in New Zealand on the 12th April, 1896 ; Number of Hands, Number and Value of Boats and Nets, and Value of Buildings.
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 .. .. 25 8 33 128 92 £4,915 61 222 £3,295 98 £501 3 £300 .. .. £1,447 Fifteen boats (aggregate value, £300; total tonnage, 45 tons), owned by Maoris, and used for oyster-gathering, are not included.
Wellington .. .. 21 20 41 85 11 520 63 124 1,184 342 1,088 .. .. .. .. 58
Marlborough .. .. 14 12 26 55 3 120 42 90 759 112 324 2 28 2 6 79
Nelson and Westland .. 11 5 16 28 4 100 18 34 225 47 121 7 295 14 10 13
Canterbury .. .. 40 15 55 105 34 1,296 68 115 1,215 931 1,349 .. .. .. .. 75
Otago .. .. .. 40 145 185 687 98 5,129 293 762 7,884 421 1,754 11 2,450 22 85 1,835
Totals, 1895 .. 151 205 356 1,088 242 12,080 545 1,347 14,562 1,951 5,137 23 3,073 38 101 3,507
Totals, 1890 .. 123 130 253 667 214 15,769 418 788 8,428 1,340 4,638 13 3,124 22 85 3,993


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3 December 1896
Fishing, Oyster gathering, Dredging, Statistics, 1896, New Zealand, Employment, Boats, Nets, Buildings