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The following return will show some of the increase in our fish supply 

 in the past ten years. It will be noticed that the condemned fish becomes 

 less on the whole : — 



Return of Fish brought to the Easteim Market, Woolloomooloo, and 

 quanity of fish condemned as being unfit for human food, for the 

 years ending 30th November, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 

 and 1879. 



J3S 



CD a; 



1873. 



11,456 1,937 1,365 794 742 5,679 136 125 763 234 677 



89 766 233 11 27 



Quantity of fish condemned as being unfit for human food : — Net fish, 48 bushels ; schnappers, 37 

 dozen ; sea mullet, 594 dozen ; pra^vns, 5 bushels. 



13,427 1,736 951 1,197 637 



1874. 



232 24 600 27 188 



132 



150 



33 15 59 



Quantity of fish condemned as being unfit for human food : — Net fish, 36J bushels ; schnappers, 13 

 dozen ; sea mullet, 43 dozen ; prawns, 2 bushels. 



1875. 



12,899 2,804 607 1,012 825 4,259 134 40 2,943 219 10,823 401 196 49 9 [llSJ 



Quantity of fish condemned as being unfit for human food : — Net fish, 93 bushels ; schnappers' 



11 dozen. 



1876. 

 12,922 2,443 748 1,116 763 4,367 214 I 13 1,188 78 10,506 170 247 51 12 119 

 Quantity of fish condemned as being unfit for human food : — 



1877. 



12,071 1,201 1,114 643 1,055 4,315 106 20 



219 415 I 98 156 560 12 37 



Quantity of fish condemned as being unfit for human food : — 



1878. 



1 I I I I I ! I I I I I 

 12,967 1,721 1,032 1,324 583 i 1,379 374 , 19 1,123 31 217 102 379 



42 19 114f 



Quantity of fish condemned as being vinfit for human food : — Net fish, 119 bushels ; schnappers, 3 

 dozen ; sea mullet, 48 dozen. 



1879, 



12,642 1,689 685 1,423 516 1,412 311 17 1,259 27 



28 113 



51 15 11 



Quantity of fish condemned as being unfit for human food : — Net fish, 57 bushels ; schnappers, 13 

 dozen ; sea mullet, 44 dozen. 



Grand Total of fish brought to the Eastern Market, Woolloomooloo, 

 with quantity condemned as being unfit for human food to 1879. 



3,384 13,531 6,502 7,508 5,123 17,304 1,707 258 8,609 875 23,036 1,105 1,669 1,700 93 486 



