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of Ireland cannot Le expected so as to enable the noble 

 offer to be availed of,"^ 



A year has now elapsed smce the proposal was made, 

 but nothing has yet been done in support of it.^ 



Must we then believe that the more wealthy classes 

 in Ireland will do nothing to help even the industri- 

 ously disposed fishermen on their own coasts, or does 

 their knowledge of the fishing classes or their expe- 

 rience in former years lead them to question the value 

 of such kind of assistance? Annual subscriptions are 

 not called for in this case; but an offer of help has 

 been made to the Irish people if they will only come 

 forward and support it by their own efforts, and thus 

 take some part in the creation of a fund which, it is 

 urged by Irishmen, would be the means of doing incal- 

 culable good to one of the poorest classes in their 

 country. 



In our notice of the various fishing stations we shall, 

 for the sake of uniformity, continue the returns of 

 fishing boats under the Customs districts, although we 

 think their correctness more open to doubt than those 

 prepared by the Coastguard and published by the 

 Inspectors of Irish Fisheries. 



Dublin to Waterfoed — Number of Boats. 



^ Beport of Inspectors of Irish Fisheries (1872), p. 7. 



^ ]\Ir. Whitworth has since offered an additional 500?. towards making up 

 the fund. 



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