Even as it is, a great deal of knowledge on various points, 

 in the possession of many men, spread over wide areas, 

 absolutely goes to waste for want of correlation. The mere 

 collation of this knowledge for general dissemination among our 

 people will be a very big step in the right direction. 



f may mention here, in passing, that the Board of Fisheries 

 for New South Wales some time ago entrusted me with the 

 task of making a general investigation into our oysters and 

 the oyster question generally, but under existing circumstances, 

 though a very large amount of valuable information and 

 material have been got together, progress must be necessaril}^ 

 very slow. To carry this great and important national work 

 out to anything like completeness some very special permanent 

 provision — financial and otherwise — will be necessary. 



The following list of New South Wales Oyster Waters 

 should prove of some general interest here : — 

 New South Wales Oyster-bearing Waters, in which Oyster-leases exist 



at present {March, 1910), from North to South, along Coast. 

 Note. — Those marked with an asterisk are at present the most important Oyster waters. 



Tweed River and Terranora Creek. Narrabeen Lagoon. 



Cudgara Creek. 



Brunswick River. 



Richmond River.* 



Evans River. 



Clarence River.* 



Sandon River. 



Wooli Wooli River. 



Woogoolga Creek. 



Moonee Creek. 



Coff's Harbour Creek. 



Bonville Creek. 



Boambee Creek. 



Bellinger River.* 



Deep Creek. 



Nambucca River.* 



Oyster, and McGrath's, Creek. 



Macleay River.* 



Hastings River (Port Macquarie).* 



Cathie Creek. 



Camden Haven.* 



Manning River.* 



Khappinghat Creek. 



Wallis Lake.* 



Port Stephens.* 



Hunter River.* 



Brisbane Water. 



Hawkesbury River.* 



Pitt Water. 



George's River. 



Port Hacking. 



Crookhaven River.* 



Kurrarong Creek. 



Callala Creek 1 t r is B 



Cararma Creek j J^ ^ ^^^ 



Currambene Creek. 



Sussex Haven. 



Narrawallee Creek. 



Clyde River.* 



Tomaga River. 



Candlegut Creek. 



Moruya River. 



Congo Creek. 



Tuross Lake. 



Wagonga River.* 



Bermaguee River. 



Murrah River. 



Wapengo Lake. 



Nelson Lake. 



Bega River. 



Merimbula Lake. 



Panbula River.* 



Nullica River. 



Kiah River. 



Wonboyn River. 



Merrica Creek. 



