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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES 



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Table XXVI gives the proportion between the fleets from towns and 

 conntry districts since IStJO. While the great majority of the merchant 

 vessels up to 1876 were fitted out in country districts, the reverse has 

 been the case of late years. 



Table XXVI. — Number of vettsels. 



Me.ichautnieii. 



Si: 



I860 i 200 237 



1861 170 208 



1862 149 196 



1863 158 205 



1864 1 146 204 



1865 i 148 226 



18C6 1 121 . 218 



1867 126 227 



18(j« I 151 262 



1869 1 145 200 



1870 1.30 195 



1871 186 241 



1872 158 170 



1873 141 211 



1874 156 I 214 



1875 215' 207 



1876 211 i 245 



1877 292 i 265 



1878 329] .302 



1879 311 I 304 



1880 338 t *253 



Loffoilen not included. 



