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dnriiig' tlie last few years. In 1872, it averaged GOO 

 tons a week, or more than 31,000 tons for tlie whole 

 year. This included fish of all kinds, but a very large 

 proportion of it came from the trawlers. 



By the courtesy of Mr. Reed, the dock-master at 

 Grrimsby, we are enabled to give th.e following return 

 of the quantity of fish landed at the docks in each of 

 the seventeen years, 1856-72 ; and although this does 

 not represent the whole proceeds of the Grimsby fish- 

 eries, a great quantity of fish being sent by carriers 

 direct to London, it gives some idea of the growth of 

 the local fish traffic during the period. It must be re- 

 membered that the rise of Grimsby as a fishing station 

 has not been at the expense of Hull and other places ; 

 for the increase of the trawlers has been general at 

 all the regular stations on the east and south coasts 

 wathin the last twenty years. 



Return of the Quantity of Fish landed at Getmsby from 

 1856 TO 1872. 



Tons. I Tons. 



1856 1,514 



1857 3,435 



1858 4,344 



1859 4,742 



1860 4,842 



18G1 5,371 



18G2 8,521 



1863 9,408 



1864 11,198 



1865 13,368 



1866 15,692 



1867 19,416 



1868 21,621 



1869 24,140 



1870 26,324 



1871 30,857 



1872 31,193 



There is a separate dock at Grimsby for the fishing 

 vessels, and that one proving not to be large enough 

 for the increasing trade, a second is now in course of 

 construction. The dock now in use has a covered land- 

 ing wharf 882 feet long and 48 feet wide, with small 

 offices upon it for the use of the various salesmen ; and 

 a line of rails in connection with the Great Northern 



