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Bay fleet. But we had then lost no boats lately, and our 

 men were indifferent about it, and the thing fell flat. Only 

 seven boats were entered in it. It happened that the 

 Jane, and two other boats, partially wrecked in the same 

 storm, were in it, and the club was ruined. The public 

 generously gave us over 2,000 to provide for the widows 

 and orphans of the crew of the Jane, and to repair 

 damages generally. Out of this fund we provided liberally 

 for the widows and orphans, and we then paid to the club 

 enough to enable it to meet the demands on it, and we then 

 distributed the remainder of the fund amongst the other 

 owners whose boats had sustained damage, with the distinct 

 assurance that if they did not put their boats in the club no 

 one would ever again stir a finger to help them in case of 

 accident. The Cornish fisherman is not behindhand in 

 taking a hint, and I believe every boat in the bay is now in 

 the club, even before she is launched. I certainly do not wish 

 to see any club make its prosperity by such a fearful 

 experience as that which set up ours, but I shall be most 

 happy to send the rules of the club to any one interested 

 in the matter. The general outline is just this : nets are not 

 insurable (for want of that gunboat.) The surveyor of the 

 club examines each boat entered and reports on her value, 

 and she is then insured in two-thirds of her survey value. 

 Losses are made good by the levy of a rate on all owners 

 of boats in the club at the time of the loss, and no loss is 

 made good which is occasioned by any neglect to observe 

 the Board of Trade Rules. 



I wish to call your attention to a great advantage which 

 this Exhibition will certainly confer on Cornwall. Mackerel 

 shoal in deep water as well as in shallow. Our desideratum 

 for a long time past has been a seine which can capture the 

 deep water shoals. A gentleman named Cox, a Cornishman, 



