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Table E, shoiving approximately the number of First Class Trawling 

 Smacks belonging to (1) the East Coast, (2) the South and West 

 Coasts, and (3) the Entire Coasts of England and Wales and 

 the Isle of Man. 



Source 

 of Data. 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 



(3) Entire Coasts : 



total . .2323 2331 2265 2309 2318 2246 2091 1944 1757 1575 



I.R. = Inspectors' Reports. Reg. = Register of first class fishing vessels less steam fishiug 

 vessels registered. Est. = Estimated from Register and Inspectors' Reports. 



* Inspectors' Reports, except 1891 and 1892 (see i)p. 37, 38). 



t Inspectors' Reports, slightly modified for years 1889, 1890, 1894, 1895 (cf. Jour. 

 M.B.A., vol. i., O.S., p. 66). 



X Inspectors' Reports, modified in the years 1894, 1S95, and 1S97. 



§ Inspectors' Reports, except that the figure assigned for 1894 has been reduced by 10, 

 in order to keep it within the limit of vessels registered at the port. The remaining 

 figures approximately correspond with the Register. 



