06 15,981
1891[A] 8,719 11,381

[Footnote A: six months]

MARYBOROUGH.

Year No. of Bags. Value.
L
1887 1,692 1,967
1888 1,990 3,326
1889 1,914 3,677
1890 3,257 6,580
1891[A] 1,869 3,542

[Footnote A: six months]

The revenue received on account of Oyster Fisheries for the year ending
30th June, 1981, was as follows:--

Brisbane ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...L4,360 17 9
Maryborough ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 875 10 0
Gladstone ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 400 0 0
Rockhampton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 0 0
Thursday Island (Flinders Group) ... ... 7 0 0
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Total L5,645 7 9

The number of men and boats employed in connection with the oyster
industry in Moreton Bay are--men 82, boats 36; and the number of banks
worked are 241.

Licenses for catching fish at this port have been issued as follows for
the current year:--Europeans, 99 men and 46 boats; Chinese, 32 men and
16 boats.

Attached hereto is the Inspector's Report on the Oyster and other
Fisheries in the Maryborough district.

I have, &c,
T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster and Chairman Marine Board.

CASUALTIES TO VESSELS on the QUEENSLAND COAST for the year ended 30th
June, 1891.

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| Vessel. | a | | Casualty. | Partial | Lost.| Inquiry. |
| | g | | | Loss. | | |
| | e | | | | | |
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