82 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCTETY. 
the prices of fish and shellfish are higher than in peace time, 
and they have also taken up allotments where they cultivate 
vegetables for the market. The reduction in the number of 
fishermen soon decreased the quantity of periwinkles collected, 
and the mean annual amount sent away for the three years 
EE —— 
1915-1917 was only twenty-eight tons. 
contains 136 pints and weighs 1 cwt. 1 qr. There are about 
A bag of periwinkles 
125 periwinkles in a pint and an average bag will therefore 
contain 17,000. In twelve years, 1906-1917, over 500 tons of 
periwinkles were sent away by rail from Piel Station. The 
money value to the fishermen was at least £2,680. 
The following table gives the monthly quantity in cwts. 
sent away from Piel Station on the Furness Railway since the 
beginning of 1906 :— 
1906 11907 | 1908 |1909 | 1910 | 1911 
——————$—— | | | | 
1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 
_j— | | |  _ _ 
Jan. 39 | 110 | 92; 93 | 86 | 117 | 64) Il | 182) 34)" 48a 
Feb. 72 |.102 | 90°} 125) 108 | 103.) 79 | 38 | 109). 38) soaeierGan 
Mar. 69 | 104 | 99 | 150 | 183 | 94} 80) 130 | 182} 387} 50] 50 
April 120 | - 62 | 107 | 150 | 122) 99 | 138 | 119 | 2107) (GI | iGanieess 
May 96.) 59 | 78 | 166) 111 | 87 | 119 | 104 | 122) 364) eee 
June 83 | 65]; 75; 91 | o8 | 84) 84) 53 | Ga 40" Sanaa 
July 45 | 60| 65); 61] 48} 55; 55/ 35| 46] 55| 84] 55 
Aug. 60 |. 45:| 57 | 36] 63 | 59 | 48)° 20 | SF “S00 eae 
Sept. 75 | 51 | 40) 30) 60.| 47.) 76) 98 | 401 67) foes 
Oct. 112} 58| 63 | 42; 98! 93) 46| 86) 45) 60) 285540 
Nov. 138 | 55.) 56}, 74°) 116 749 1-17) 76) Gasae 8 | 18 
Dec. 95,| 63) 89;} -65.)-.77,| .49.| 13>) 998) )) ssn eG eae 3 
Totals ...|1,004| 834 | 911 {1,083 |1,130| 936 | 819 | 863 /|1,051| 552 | 624 | 524 
At first sight the figures above might be thought to 
lead to the conclusion that the periwinkle industry of 
Barrow Channel is suffering a serious decline. If the pre-_ 
vailing conditions now and the present day results be taken 
into account and. compared with the pre-war figures, it will be 
seen that there is really a marked increase in the output per 
man. The mean annual man average during the nine years 
1906-1914 was slightly under six tons. The results of the year 
