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Knott End, Fleetwood; William Parkinson, Hambleton; 

 James Aughton, Banks ; Richard Johnson, Banks. 



Third Class, held April 19th to 30th.— Thomas 

 Cocking, Morecambe ; Walter Hadwen, Morecamhe ; 

 Johnson Raby, Morecambe ; Thomas Woodhonse, More- 

 cambe ; Richard Laytham, Lower Heysham; William 

 Leadbetter, Junr., Banks ; William Bridge, Jnnr., 

 Banks; Peter Wright, Sonthport; Geoffrey Wright, 

 Southport; William South worth, Southport; Thomas 

 Halsall, Southport; James Murray, Egremont; William 

 Cross, New Brighton; Thomas Matthews, Junr., Neston; 

 William Mealor, Junr., Parkgate. 



Fourth Class, held May 3rd to 14th. — William 

 Annison, Thomas Bailey, Edward Colley, Thomas Colley, 

 P. W. Jennings, James Wilson Meadows, Charles 

 Radford, Horace Ross, William Roskell, Arthur Suker, 

 James Sumner, Thomas Whalley, Gr. Wilson — Fleetwood. 



The course of instruction given hitherto in the 

 fishermen's classes has been mainly in general Marine 

 Biology, with special reference to the structure, life and 

 habits of the more important fish and shellfish. The 

 Scientific Sub-Committee, with the co-operation of the 

 Lancashire Education Committee, decided that an 

 attempt should be made in one of the classes held during 

 the Spring of 1909 to combine the course of Marine 

 Biology with instruction in navigation as applied to 

 fishing vessels. The fourth class of the series was 

 therefore made a special one, and was attended by 

 fishermen employed on trawlers working out of Fleetwood. 

 Preference was given to men possessing the necessary 

 qualifications in deep sea fishing vessels which enabled 

 them to sit for the Board of Trade examinations for 

 certificates as second hand or skipper of a fishing vessel. 

 The first lesson of each day was confined to general 



