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ably, but tbe expenses of each smack would remain the 

 same as at present. The demand for " live cod " is 

 principally in London, where it is looked upon as 

 "West End" fish. 



With the trawlers it is a different matter, for they 

 supply all classes ; and both prime and offal fish are in 

 constant and increasing request all over the country. 

 Hull and Glrimsby are both conveniently situated for 

 supplying the manufacturing districts, and the ready 

 sale there for the lower class of fish, such as plaice and 

 haddock — the latter both fresh and smoked — has led to 

 the great development of those two ports as trawling 

 stations. The railway was completed to Grimsby in 

 1859 ; and, as we have mentioned, the first trawlers 

 settled at that port in 1858, five smacks having come 

 there from Hull. The advantages of the place soon 

 became evident, and in 1863 the number of trawl- 

 vessels had increased to 70. Since that date the addi- 

 tions to the fleet have been numerous, a stimulus having 

 been given to the trade by the higher price paid for fish 

 in common with other kinds of provisions ; and in 1872 

 there were 248 trawlers and 82 cod-smacks belonging 

 to and fishing from the port. The new vessels for both 

 fisheries are considerably larger tlian those formerly 

 built, and they are all of them ketch-rigged. The large 

 additional capital put into the trade has, we understand, 

 been partly the proceeds of successful fishing, and the 

 rest has been provided by private persons who have 

 joined some of the smack-owners in what has been 

 proved to be a profitable investment. 



Besides the regular Grimsby vessels, a large numl)er 

 from other places, varying at different seasons, fish from 

 the port, using it as a temporary station ; so that the 

 quantity of fish lauded there has enormously increased 



