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manager of the Furness Railway Company, for a similar 

 statement for the year 1898, which is here reproduced. 



Table V. — Weight of Cockles, in Tons, forwarded 

 from ten stations on the Furness Railway for the two 

 years 1877 and 11 



The above Table shews that the amount of cockles for- 

 warded by the Furness Railway Company in 1877 from 

 ten of their stations does not differ by so much as a half 

 per cent, from the amount sent by them in 1898 from the 

 same stations. These figures represent the greater portion 

 of cockles sent from Morecambe Bay and Duddon. To 

 complete the comparison the amount taken from the 

 southern side of the Bay has to be estimated. The Com- 

 missioners valued this as worth £5,000, that is, about 940 

 tons were taken from the Bolton-le-Sands and Pilling 

 Sands beds in 1877. Since these areas are served by the 

 London and North -Western Railway Co., the amount 

 stated does not appear in the Table. From the data 

 obtainable in the course of the present inquiry, it appears 

 that the amount of cockles taken from the same areas does 

 not exceed 300 tons, and the falling off in the produce of 

 these beds accounts for the apparent decrease in the 



