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usually taken for the markets with the net, they afford good sport to the angler, from twenty to 

 forty fine fish, weighing from to 6 Ibs. weight, may easily be secured by one person in a day's 

 fishing within a few miles of the town of Wellington. 



Among other fishes equally good may be mentioned Therapon niger, Cast., Murray i. 

 Gtintlieri, Cast., M. cyprinoides, Cast., M. bramoides, Cast., Riverina fluviatilis, Cast., Macquaria 

 awtralasica, Cuv. et Yal., and others which occasionally find their way into the southern 

 markets. 



Lates colonornm of Gunthcr forms a palatable article of food ; it inhabits most of the rivers, 

 lakes, and lagoons throughout the whole of Australia, but is replaced in the northern rivers by 

 a much larger species known as Lates calcarifer, which is there more abundant. 



L. colonorum is not unfrequently taken with nets in the bays at the estuaries of the rivers, 

 having been brought down the rivers by the "freshes" or floods, also by "set" nets in the 

 rivers higher up the stream. When freshly cooked are among the best of our river-fishes. 

 They spawn during August and September, the roes being considered a great delicacy. There 

 are many other species, such as Lates ramsayi, MacLeay, Lates curtus, Cast., Mugil dobula, 

 Gth., Mugil argenteus, Eels, Anguilla australis, the freshwater Herring, Meletta novtv-hollandiae, 

 the Cat-fish, Copidoglanis tandanus, and a host of small fry which afford the anglers pleasant 

 sport as well as a good dish. 



But the most important of our freshwater fishes are undoubtedly the two species of the 

 Murray Cod (Oligorus), the Golden Perch (Ctenatales), 2 species, the Silver Perch, and the 

 MacLeay 's Perch (Therapon), and the lUver Perch (Lates), 2 species, with the Eels (Anguilla'), 

 of which there are also probably 2 species. 



E. P. RAMSAY. 



[All the objects (except those otherwise indicated) in this court are from the AUSTEALIAN 

 MUSEUM, SYDNEY. A special detailed catalogue is published and may be obtained in the 

 Court.] 



DIVISION IV. 



Model of Fisherman's Boat, full-rigged, with set of fishing lines, hooks, &c. Exhibited by tho 

 Commissioners of Fisheries, New South Wales. 



DIVISION XXVI. 



(1) Collection of dried fish of various kinds salted and sun-dried. (2) Smoked Mullet (Mugtl 

 yrandis). (3) Smoked mullet, tinned. (4) Garfish. TINNED FISH. Sclmapper Mullet, 

 Jew-fish, Taylor, Travalley, Black-fish, Black Bream, Flounder, Eels, Flathead, Murray 

 Cod, and many other food fish, preserved and tinned. Oysters (Ostrea glomeratd) tinned. 

 Dried Sharks' fins. Beche le Mer Prawns (Penxus esculentus) tinned; dried Prawns; 

 dried Mutton-fish (Haliotis ncevosa). Exhibited by the Commissioners of Fisheries of New 

 South Wales. 



DIVISION XXIX. 



Fish oils from Sharks and Bays, from the Grey Mullet (Mugil Grand-is), and from the Sun-fisl 

 (Orihagoriocus). Glue from the Sun-fish. 



DIVISION XXXII. 

 Collection of Trigonias (T. lammarld^ exhibited by Dr. J. C. Cox, F.L.S., of Sydney. 



DIVISION XLII. 



Small collection of marine Algae taken by the trawl during fishing excursions. About twenty- 

 five species from Port Jackson and the adjacent coast. 



DIVISION XLIII. 



Large collection of Sponges, in spirit, in their natural state, containing many new forms 

 About 50 species : 150 specimens: from Port Jackson. 



DIVISION XLIV. 



(1) Collection of Polyzoa and Hydroids, dry. (2) A few species of Corals dredged in Port 

 Jackson : one species of encrusting coral from the shore. 



