LANCASHIRE AND WESTERN SEA FISHERIES COMMITTEE. 77 



TABLE I. 



Value and quantity of fish first landed at Hoylake, Liverpool, Southport and Marshside, 

 Lytham, Fleetwood, and Morecambe since 1891, and Cark and Diversion* since 1895 : 



Weight of Fish, Total Value, 



Date. excluding Shell Fish. including Shell Fish. 



Cwts. 



1891 86,789 112,475 



1892 1 57, 501 ... ... 149,709 



1893 185,298 165,815 



1894 175,841 162,368 



1895 224,108 195,368 



1896 235, 139 ... 202,030 



1897 330,004 248,212 



1898 ... ... 417,970 ... ... 315,189 



1899 ... 224,501 ... ... 196,800 



1900 ... 246,886 ... ... 228,454 



NOTE. The above are returns of the fish landed at the principal fishing stations in the 

 original Lancashire Sea Fisheries District since 1891. The figures are compiled from the Board 

 of Trade returns, and include only fish first landed direct from the fishing grounds. The value 

 of the fish is also taken when first landed, and not at a later stage of the industry when it 

 would be much enhanced. 



TABLE II. 



Value and quantity of fish first landed at New Quay (Cardigan), Aberayron, 

 Aberystwyth, Berth, Aberdovey, Barmouth, Pwllheli, Carnarvon, Holyhead, and Bangor (ports 

 in the original Western Sea Fishery District) since 1891 : 



Weight of Fish, Total Value, 



Date. excluding Shell Fish. including Shell Fish. 



Cwts. 



1891 ... 18,451 3 2 , 2 46 



1892 ... ... 27,219 36,728 



1893 24,338 37,042 



1894 ... 21,821 34,504 



1895 ... ... 21,176 ... 36,891 



1896 ... ... 25,711 37,607 



1897 ... ... 30,892 39,76l 



1898 ... ... 25,192 38,127 



1899 .. 23,244 36,425 



1900 ... ... 20,057 ... ... 3 : ,569 



* Statistics were not taken at Cark and Ulverston previous to 1895. 



