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Tablk H, shoiving approximately the total number of First Class Trawling 

 Smacks, and of Steam Trawlers and Steam and Sailing Liners 

 reduced to Smack- Equivalents, for each year from 1889 to 1898, 

 distinguishing the East Coast, the South and West Coasts comhined, 

 and the Entire Coasts of England and Wales and the Isle of Man. 



I. EAST COAST (Berwick to Ramsgate). 



Year 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 



Steamers regd. . 

 Deduct liners, etc. 



Steam trawlers 

 Factors . 



Smack-equivs. 730 934 1584 1776 2002 2285 2715 3416 4212 5584 

 Smacks . . 1737 1722 1693 1787 1756 1714 1550 1396 1201 1015 

 Equivs.ofliners 392 430 434 494 549 600 653 708 686 544 



Total smack-units 2859 3086 3711 4057 4307 4599 4918 5620 6099 7143 



II. SOUTH AND WEST COASTS (Deal to Solway Firth). 



Steamers regd. . 46 47 50 54 48 48 51 68 92 100 

 EastCoastvisitors 26 41 40 70 62 48 62 70 68 G7 



Total St. trawlers 72 88 90 124 110 96 113 138 160 167 

 Factors . 5 5-25 5-5 5-5 5-5 5-6 6-3 7 7-7 8 



Smack-equivs. 360 462 495 682 605 538 712 966 1232 1336 



Smacks (local) 546 549 532 532 527 507 506 518 526 525 



Smacks (visitors) 40 60 40 40 25 25 25 30 30 35 



Total smack-units 946 1071 1067 1254 1157 1070 1243 1514 1788 1896 



III. ENTIRE COASTS (England, Wales, and I. of Man). 



Steamers regd. . 295 338 459 512 562 613 657 748 840 1000 



Deduct liners, etc. 103 113 121 135 150 157 175 192 201 202 



Steam trawlers 192 225 338 377 412 456 482 556 639 798 



Factors . 5 5-25 5-5 5-5 5-5 5-6 6-3 7 7-7 8 



Smack-equivs. 960 1181 1859 2073 2266 2554 3037 3892 4920 6384 



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



Equivs.ofliners 392 430 434 494 549 600 653 708 686 544 



Total smack-units 3675 3942 4558 4876 5133 5400 5781 6544 7363 8503 



