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Second Class, held March 16th to 27th — S. Ains- 

 worth, H. Ashton, J. R. Atkinson, L. Bethell, J. Croft, 

 G. Douglas, C. Ellarby, J. Gornall, J. Iddon, J. Lead- 

 better, J. R. Wright, and T. Wright, all of Fleetwood. 



Third Class, held March 30th to April 9th— C. A. 

 Carpenter, L. Christian, C. Cnllen, P. Ellarby, L. Larsen, 

 C. McLean, M. McManus, J. Mead, E. Neave, N. Salt- 

 house, J. Wright, and W. Wright, all of Fleetwood. 



Fourth Class, held April 27th to May 8th — Frank 

 Benson, Flookburgk; Thomas Hartley, Flookburgh; 

 William Taylor, Bolton-le-Sands ; J. W. Woodhouse, 

 Morecambe; Samuel Bond, Morecambe; Thomas Rimmer, 

 Blackpool; Albert Fenton, Blackpool; William Parr, 

 Blackpool; Robert Johnson, Banks; James Evans, South- 

 port; Henry Wright, Southport; William Wright, 

 Southport; and Richard Rigby, Southport. 



The first three classes were attended by fishermen 

 from Fleetwood. They were students of the County 

 Navigation School, and had served the required time at 

 sea which enabled them to present themselves for 

 examination for Board of Trade Certificates as second 

 hand, skipper, or extra skippers of fishing vessels. The 

 course of study was similar to that given on former 

 occasions, and which has proved most suitable so far as 

 time permitted. The morning lesson, lasting two and a 

 half hours, was occupied by instruction in Marine Zoology 

 having some relation to the fish and invertebrata 

 captured in the trawl net. The afternoon lesson of three 

 hours' duration was taken by Captain Thornber, and a 

 very efficient course in Navigation and Seamanship was 

 given. The students who were expecting to present 

 themselves for examination immediately on their return 

 to Fleetwood, usually returned to the laboratory for a 

 further two hours practical work every evening and on 



