fishing
1841-1886
season to take in provisions
and Avater.
ca carry it. by different
The fish caught is generally sold to smaller vessels who convey it to various places for sale. The amount is estimated at 500 tons, annually dried at Cape Manley.
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are
Sam not able to give any positive information as to the cultivation of the island but as the south side, where the district available for this purpose is chiefly situated, is now considered accessible by the roads in progress, there
every reason to report, that, as soon as they can be surveyed and divided into small allotments, the wants of the population here may be supplied to a great extent by the production of the island itself, and a source of revenue be at the same time created. Besides the vallies now under cultivation,
there
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