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less than in Torres Straits, but more white men find 

 employment in the West. 



The Torres Straits fishery dates back only to 

 1874. The boats work all the year round, and 

 large profits have been made, but the ground is far 

 more limited in extent than in the North-west 

 Australian waters, and in the future the latter will 

 be of far greater value. Indeed, this year (1886) 

 all the boats have left Torres Straits to work on 

 the north-western coast. 



