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Return of Lobsters Landed (West Coast). 



1900 



Memorandum 



of Board of 



Agriculture 



and Fisheries. 



(1910). 



104,062 



98,826 



94,943 



64,174 



78,237 



Official 



Statistics. 



(From Annual 



Reports.) 



155,868 

 160,746 

 163,183 

 138,404 

 115,218 



Statistical Tables and 

 Memorandum relating 

 to the Sea Fisheries of 

 the United Kingdom. 

 (Board of Trade). 



1901 





1902 





1903 





1904 









1905 



69,572 

 67,997 

 51,009 

 53,706 

 46,806 



69,572 

 67,997 

 51,009 

 53,706 

 46,806 



Annual Report of Proceed- 



1906 



ings under Acts relating 



1907 



to the Sea Fisheries. 



1908 



(Board of Agriculture and 



1909 



Fisheries. ) 







According to this there is a considerable difference 

 in the various official estimates up to and including 1904. 

 There may, of course, be some explanation of these 

 discrepancies in the years 1900-4. 



The total number of lobsters landed in England and 

 Wales is also variously given. 



Return of Lobsters (England and Wales). 





Memorandum 







of Board of 



Other Official 





Agriculture 



Returns 





and Fisheries. 



(as above). 





(1910). 





1900 



602,346 



654,152 



1901 



588,571 



650,491 



1902 



580,496 



648,736 



1903 



475,121 



549,351 



1904 



515,034 



552,015 



1905 



502,673 



502,673 



1906 



520,657 



520,657 



1907 



495,326 



495,326 



1908 



512,478 



512,478 



1909 



546,805 



546,805 



As regards the detailed figures furnished by the 

 Lancashire and Western Committee, the Board have 



