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Through the kindness of Dr. Jenkins, Superinten- 

 dent of the Lancashire and Western Sea Fisheries 

 District, I am able to give the following statistics dealing 

 with crabs landed in that Sea Fisheries District during 

 the years 1900 to 1906, inclusive:- 



The crabs returned as having been landed at 

 Liverpool were certainly not caught in that 

 District. 



The Harbour Master of Port Erin has kindly 

 provided me with the following figures, which give the 

 number of crabs captured by the Port Erin fishermen 

 during the years 1904-5-6: — 



* The figures for January and February are not given. 



