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Bay at Marazion. No change takes place at Penzance, although there 

 are no groynes, and thousands of tons of sand are removed annually for 

 agricultural purposes ; but at Newlyn, to the eastward of the harbour, 

 the sea has encroached slightly during the past ten or twelve years, 

 causin" the old road along the sea-front to be abandoned. Now, indeed, 

 this road has almost disappeared. To the westward of Newlyn Harbour 

 an artificial beach is being formed by the refuse from quarries. 



In the neighbourhood of the Land's End and St. Ives Bay two changes 

 only are on record, both being local falls of cliff arising from heavy gales. 

 The first of these is at Sennen Cove, Land's End, where, however, the 

 loss is very slight, and occurs especially along the back of the beach, 

 which is composed of sandy material ; the second is from the Hayle 

 River westward, the cliffs falling away after heavy north-westerly gales. 

 There are no groynes, and no beach material is removed. 



Five reports have been received from the Scilli/ Isles. The islands of 

 St. Martin's, St. Mary's, and St. Agnes, situated on the eastern and 

 southern sides of the group, all suffer erosion either where the shore is of 

 a soft nature or by the cliffs falling. No groynes have been built on any 

 of the islands. In St. Mary's the loss in certain places — e.g. Porcrasa, 

 Old Town, Porthloo, and Pelistry Bays — varies between ' 10 and 40 yards 

 in the last five to ten years.' 



No shingle, sand, or slabs of stone are removed from the shores of 

 St. Mary's or St. Agnes. 



The northern coast of Cormvall frotn Gwithian to Bude suffers neither 

 loss nor gain, with the exception that local falls of cliff take place near 

 Port Isaac (Bounds Cliff and Kelland Head). 



North Devon and Somerset. 



The northern coast of Devon and the coast of Somerset are the subject 

 of scattered reports,' which will be taken in order. 



In the neighbourhood of Clovelly and Hartland Point the cliffs are 

 continually falling. There are no groynes, nor is anything removed. 



From Abbotsham Sand Path to Bideford (Barnstaple Bay) no changes 

 are noticeable. There are no groynes, and at Graysand Point, near 

 Barnstaple Bar, sand is removed at low tide in large quantities. From 

 Baggy Point to Lee Bay (Morthoe C.G.S.) the coast line is stationary ; a 

 little shingle and sand is taken from the beach at Woolacombe. 



No change is reported from the Ilfracombe district ; there are no 

 groynes, but beach material is removed for building and road-metal. 



The same applies to the Combmartin district (Watermouth to 

 Heddonsmouth, about twelve miles), and also to the neighbourhood of 

 Lynmouth for about six miles on either hand. A loss of several feet of 

 cliff within three years is, however, recorded from the Minehead C.G.S., 

 between Minehead Pier and Warren Point. Some beach material is re- 

 moved by private owners. A report from Watchet C.G.S. concerning the 

 shore as far as East Quantock Head mentions that small landslips are 

 of frequent occurrence on either side of the harbour. Shingle is removed 

 from Doniford and sand from wherever it can be obtained. 



Letters addressed to Weston-super-Mare and Avonmouth have been 

 left unanswered, presumably because no coastguards are stationed along 

 that part of the Bristol Channel. 



' Dated July 1903, with the exception of that from Minehead. 



