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Monaghan, Robert Perry, John Salthouse, Robert Scott, 

 Thomas Smith, Richard Snasdell, Fleetwood. 



Third Class, held March 31st to April 11th— W. Bird, 

 L. Eastwood, R. Iddon, N. Leadbetter, H. Livesey, A. Mayson, 

 W. Martland, J. Scott, D. Singleton, E. Tomlinson, H. Wood, 

 C. Wood, R. Wright, T. Wright, Fleetwood. 



Fourth Class, held April 14th to 25th— G. Brooks, 

 R. Eastwood, W. Howells, L. Kelly, S. Phillips, H. Stanley, 

 F. Stepp, M. Sumner, R. Swales, H. Symonds, R. Wright, 

 Fleetwood. 



The first class was attended by inshore fishermen, such 

 as musselers, cocklers, shrimpers and men from second-class 

 fishing boats. Their course of instruction dealt with general 

 Marine Biology, similar to what has been given in former 

 years. The second, third, and fourth classes were only open to 

 deep-sea fishermen residing in Fleetwood. The selected men 

 had put in the necessary sea time to enable them to present 

 themselves for the Board of Trade examination for certificates 

 as second hand or skipper of a fishing vessel. They were also 

 students of the Navigation School at Fleetwood, to whom 

 a fortnight's continuous study was of the utmost importance 

 in finishing up their work previous to the examinations. The 

 morning lesson, lasting two and a half hours, was devoted to 

 instruction in Marine Zoology, having some bearing on the 

 fish and more common invertebrates captured in the trawl net. 

 The afternoon lesson of three hours was conducted by Captain 

 Thornber, and a very efficient course in Navigation and Sea- 

 manship was given. The laboratory was open to the Navigation 

 students in the evenings, and many of them took advantage 

 of this to revise their afternoon's instruction, do chart-work, 

 and have viva voce examinations by Captain Thornber on rule 

 of the road at sea. Nineteen of the students were subsequently 

 successful at the examinations held at Fleetwood. Four of 

 them obtained skipper's certificates, and fifteen mate's certifi- 



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