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1891) give on page 21 the total value of wet and shell 

 fish landed at Southport and Marshside during 1890 as 

 £4,097. In the Eeport of the evidence taken at the 

 inquiries held by the Sea Fisheries Committee of the 

 County Council of Lancashire at Southport and other 

 places (published by Parkinson, Preston, 1890), we find 

 that on the 22nd November, 1889, the Town Clerk of 

 Southport (Mr. Ellis), in his evidence stated that he estimated 

 the value of fish landed at Southport, Banks, and Marshside 

 at £16,000 a year (see page 25 of the Eeport). His calculation 

 was based on returns from the Eailway Company of what is 

 sent to the various inland towns, and an estimate of what is 

 got by hawkers. In 1890 the Board of Trade commenced 

 making returns from Southport and Marshside, and in round 

 numbers their estimate is one-fourth of the estimate of an 

 independent person who, at any rate, must have been in as 

 good a position as the Board of Trade collector to form an 

 estimate. As another example, the district which extends 

 from Aberayron to the south side of the Mawddach estuary 

 (below Barmouth) is represented in the Central Authority's 

 return by two pairs of ports grouped together, viz. : — 

 Aberayron and Aberystwyth, Borth and Aberdovey. 



Mr. Davies, our bailiff at Aberdovey, has made careful 

 estimates for three years of all fish landed between Aberayron 

 and the south side of the Mawddach, and his figures are here 

 compared with those of the Central Authority for the same 

 district : — 





Mr. Davies's Return 

 (Aberayron to 

 Llwyngwril). 



£ 



Central Authority 



(Aberayron to 



Aberdovey). 



£ 



1902... . 



3422 



1830 



1903... . 



2577 



1821 



1904... . 



3427 



2507 



