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that the demand for cockles falls off. Mr. W. R. Nash in 

 his monthly notes for 1908 on the sand fishery at 

 Flookburgh, makes the following remarks : " Owing to 

 the impoverished condition of so many cotton workers and 

 traders, and others dependent upon them for a living, the 

 demand for cockles has fallen off very much, and during 

 several weeks double the quantity actually sent could 

 have been supplied had there been any demand." The 

 quantity of shell-fish sent away from Cark in 1908 shows 

 a reduction of 273 tons when compared with 1907. Some 

 of this reduction at any rate was probably due to the 

 depression in the cotton trade in 1908. 



