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and down Channel over other scars; earlier on the ebb 
tide the stream will flow over the first sear. 
At Morecambe and Heysham there are in all eight 
sewer outlets, all of which discharge some considerable 
distance away from the principal Heysham Mussel Beds. 
At the same time, three of them empty close to where 
sizeable Mussels can be taken in payable quantities. I 
understand, however, it 1s the intention of the Authorities 
to turn all the Morecambe sewage out through a new pipe, 
which is now laid down and in use, and to do away with the 
old sewers referred to. With regard to the new sewer 
outlet, it does not, to my mind, project far enough into the 
channel, and should be carried about 75 yards farther out. 
It discharges on a sear which, although not a main bed, is 
one where sizeable Mussels can be obtained in fair 
quantities, and this scar might easily become well stocked 
with fish. The fishermen agree that the sewer outlet 
should be carried farther out. I may also draw attention 
to the fact that, at the time I refer to, the sewage was being 
discharged at low water, and, although some of it is - 
supposed to be treated, what we saw appeared to me to be 
untreated. 
In the Lune the, sewers discharge a considerable 
distance up the river, above the Mussel Beds; and 
although they join the main stream which flows alongside 
and, in some states of the tide, over Mussel Beds, there 
was nothing we saw that, in my opinion, exposed the fish 
to serious danger of contamination. In the Wyre, with 
the exception of a sewer outlet at [Knott End, the sewage 
is discharged on the Fleetwood side of the river, and some 
distance from the Mussel Beds. In the Ribble the Preston 
sewage is dealt with at the sewage farm: but at Lytham 
the sewage joins the main stream and together they flow 
on over the Mussels attached to the traming walls, and 
