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small cockles that pass through the riddle, and press them 

 into the sand. If a supply of small cockles can be secured 

 in the spring an attempt should be made to restock parts 

 of the Flookburgh area. 



The following table gives the amount, in tons, of shell- 

 fish sent oif by rail from Cark Station during the last 

 twenty-eight years. The figures, with the exception of 

 those for 1908 and 1909, have been taken from the notes by 

 Mr. W. R. Nash, " Cartmel District "Weather and Farming 

 Notes." The Lancashire Sea Fisheries Committee was not 

 in existence during the first eight years of this period and 

 in the twenty years that have elapsed since its institution 

 the quantity of shell-fish sent away from Cark Station 

 each year has only once been less than the quantity dis- 

 patched in 1886. 



Year. Tons. Year. Tons. 



1882 2,827 1896 930 



1883 2,665 1897 2,011 



1884 1,177 1898 1,797 



1885 861 1899 1,286 



1886 662 1900 .1,059 



1887 1,040 1901 1,250 



1888 1,616 1902 1,232 



1889 2,488 1903 885 



1890 3,161 1904 770 



1891 2,749 1905 394 



1892 1,684 1906 1,009 



1893 1,336 1907 1,647 



1894 1,218 1908 1,374 



1895 743 ' 1909 718 



The majority of the cockles dispatched from Flook- 

 burgh find their way into the cotton districts of Lancashire, 

 and when any disturbance takes place in the cotton trade, 

 either through scarcity of work or lock-outs, it is said 



