| Description of Fish | Quantity produced | Value in Sterling | Number of Ships and Boats employed | General Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ships | Boats |
There are no fisheries on the Island, with the exception of a few stake nets. The trade is supplied by junks coming from the deep sea fishing along the coast.
A considerable quantity of fish is dried daily in the villages of Stanley and Aberdeen, and exported for sale. Quantity unknown.
| Number, Name | Situation, and Description of Manufactories, Mills, Works, &c. |
|---|---|
| 4 Gunpowder Manufactories | 1 at Stanley, 3 at Belcher's Bay. |
A large number of Chinese are employed in their respective shops and houses, in the exercise of industrial trades and manufactures, and there are scarcely any ordinary wants of the inhabitants which do not meet with a ready supply within the Town.
| Number, Name | Situation, and Description of the Mines and Quarries | Name of the Mineral Substance |
|---|---|---|
| Granite |
The quarrying of stone throughout the Island is farmed by an individual at a rental of £652.6.8 for the year from September 1848 to September 1849.
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RETURN of the MANUFACTURES,
MINES, and FISHERIES.
[2971
FISHERIES
-
Quantity producv). and Value
in Sterling,
Sumber of Ships and Boat, employed
Strips. Bouts.
Description of Fish.
and Qanatity of each,
Valuc
in Sterling.
General Remarks.
!
'409'
There
are ne
fisheries
on
the
Leland, with the exception
of a few stake. ricky
"nety.
in
proictions
the lays; the trade bing supplied by Links complayer on the deep sea fishing along
the coast.
MANUFACTURES.
Number, Name. Situation, and Description of Manufacturies, Milla, Works, &c. dt.
4 Gunpowder Manu.
factories 1 at Stanley 3 at Belcher's Bay.
I considerable
quantity.
of fish is durd wality.
the
villages of Stanley
and Abeiden, aild
and
exported for sale.
Quantity unknium.
number
f
ot large Chinees are employed in their respective. shops and houses, in the exercise of
of industriak.
trades and manufactures and there are
scavely ordinary wants of the inhabitants
any
which do not meet.
with a ready supply
within the Town.
MINES and
QUARRIES,
SHIPS.
Number of Ships built
in the
Tana
Burther.
Registered according to Law.
Colony.
Number, Name, Situation, and Descriphon »!
the Mines and Quarties.
Name of the
Mineral Substance.
Mines
Meni.
The
quarrying of stone throughout the Soland is farmed by
individual it a rental
Live
of £.6.52.6.8 for
from the jet
year
September 1849.
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