120 



1 897 



year 1908 the fish seem to have been off Cape Point the 

 whole year. 



For some years previous to 1902 the Snoek had been very 

 scarce, and in that year (the worst on record) enquiries were 

 made by the Cape Government in order to ascertain if the 

 faUing off was of local occurrence. Information was received 

 from Australia (Melbourne) that during the year in question 

 " the fish had been exceptionally plentiful, a good supply being 

 on the market about daily from January or February last up 

 to the present time and are still plentiful (3rd November, 1902) ; 

 nor had any falling-off been observed in Tasmania or on the 

 Chilian coast of South America, where the fish also occur. 



The following tables are drawn up from the statistics formerly 

 procured from various fishing stations by the Cape Govern- 

 ment and indicate the fluctuations throughout the years 

 1897-1904 : — 



Number of Snoek caught at various Fishing Stations for the 

 various Months of the Years 1 897-1904. 



1898. 



Locality. 



Jan. Feb. ! Mar. 



April. May. 



June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total. 



Lambert's Bay . . 

 Steenberg Cove 

 Stompneus and 

 Britannia Bay 

 Paternoster 

 Langebaan 

 Simon's Town . . 

 Kalk Bay 

 Somerset Strand 

 Hermanuspetrus- 



fontein 

 Mossel Bay 

 Knysna Heads 

 Buffalo Bay .. 

 Plettenberg Bay 

 Algoa Bay 



Total 



i,457j 572 2,354 io,677i 3,548 

 300] 1,754 i8,63i| 16,630 6,283 



i.oiil 5,513 44,458130,505 11,728 

 684, 17,433 9.757 20,293 12,626 

 144 485 



i8[ 



li 



101 



6 

 90, 



73 



93' 

 8 



13 

 '80 



180 



19 



75 



641! 



3,384 



8,997 



307 



29 



214 



2 



1,036 12,704 

 353I 846 



402I 1,773 

 2,644 2,296 1,498 



719 

 36 

 61 



233 

 11 



19 



509 



34 



130 



117 



3 



4 



59 



14 



7 



1 



4,229! 5,153 

 i,556| 14.309 



5,5681 20,918 

 513 18,772 



28 

 250 



3,572 



25.368 75,273! 28,443 34,870,13,649 1,060 3,453 4,175 



16,944 



•230] 



41,805 

 61,303 



25.360 



95.513 



936 



3 



93 



247 



1.867 

 84 



202 

 782 



11 

 230 



12.144 59.4851328,436 



• There is some doubt as to the accuracy of this return. 



