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Table VII. 



Table showing the nature of tlie employment in 1893, 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1902 of the firHt- 

 ckss Boats {i.e., 15 tons and upwards) registered under the Sea Fisheries Act, 1868 (now, 

 imder Part IV. of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894), at each Port in England and Wales 

 and remaining on the Register at the end of those years. 



The registered tonnage of the first-class boats engaged in trawling was as follows : — • 



Year. 



1893 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 



(0.10> 



Steam. 



Tons. 

 19,030 

 54,063 

 60,706 

 60,742 

 61,731 



Average tonnage. 



i 



I 39-6 



i 53-5 



, 54-9 



55-4 



i 56-3 



Sailii 



Tons. 

 116,971 

 ,"'iO,8I4 

 38,033 

 3:l,2.->7 

 32,286 



Average tonnage. 

 57-4 

 44-8 

 41-1 

 40-5 

 40-0 



Total. 



Tons. 

 136,001 



104,877 

 98,739 

 93,999 

 94,017 



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