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largely from Stewart Island. It is also to be bad off any of tbe rocky 

 points near tbe Heads. Was in tbe market 119 days, and 78 days last year. 



9. Tbe granite trout, tbougb not a trout at all, is yet a very good fisb, 

 but only occasionally brougbt to market. 



10. Eed cod is perbaps tbe most plentiful of all our finny visitors, and 

 is caugbt in large numbers, botb inside and outside tbe Heads. Botb large 

 and small fisli are cured by smoking, and sold as Finnan baddock, wbicb 

 tbey resemble very mucb, but far too many small ones are caugbt. Tliey 

 were in tbe market 214 days, against 111 for last year. 



11. Tbe gurnard is only an occasional visitor to our market, and can 

 bardly be reckoned on as a regular food-fisb. 



12. Tbe haddock is caugbt occasionally, but tbere are seldom more than 

 two or tbree got at a time. 



13. Parrot-fisb were in tbe market on about fourteen days during tbe 

 year. 



14. The sandling or sand-eel is a very delicate fisb, and is often in tbe 

 market. It is not, however, very plentiful, and is irregular ; was in tbe 

 market 56 days, last year 34 days. 



15. Tbe garfisb was very plentiful during tbe summer months, and is 

 sometimes present in the town harbour in immense shoals ; was in tbe 

 market on 19 days last year, on 41 this year. 



16. Tbe true butterfish was caugbt several times during the year. It 

 must, however, be considered as a very rare fish in our waters. 



17. Tbe spotty, or butterfish of our local fishermen, has been very 

 plentiful this year, and has been brought to town in large numbers at times ; 

 was in the market 128 days, as against 34 for last year. 



18. The herring or mullet is a very abundant fish in Otago harbour, and 

 furnishes very good sport with a rod and line. It varies in size from six to 

 fourteen inches in length. It is one of the best of our fishes, and was in the 

 market 233 days, for 159 last year. 



19. The true herring was brougbt to market on one or two days during 

 the summer. This is a migratory fish, and does not stay on tbe coast more 

 than a few days in tbe year, when it is present in immense shoals. Those 

 brought to town varied fi'om seven to eleven inches in length. 



20. Whitebait were on sale for a few days in autumn. I think these 

 are tbe young of more than one fish, perhaps both mullet and herring. 

 Tbey are caught in one or two places in the harbour, at the mouth of tbe 

 Leith in Pehchet Bay, and in the steam basin. 



21. That excellent fish the trevally was almost constantly in the market 

 during the year. About midsummer some very large specimens were on 

 sale ; was present on 124 days, and 89 last year. 



