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There remains for consideration the value of the different 

 kinds of fish landed at all the ports in the district. If the 

 statistics had been collected for the whole Irish Sea area, 

 to the exclusion of other fishing grounds, then we should have 

 some idea of the relative abundance of any given species. 



One striking fact revealed by a study of the returns is 

 that hake is by far the most valuable fish, taken in the 

 aggregate, of an}^ landed at our ports. 



1895 1895 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 



Fig". 3. Value of Hake in £'s landed in the Lancashire 

 District during the period 1895-1903. 



This fish is, according to the returns, landed at Fleetwood, 

 Liverpool, and Pwllheli. Further inquiries revealed the fact 

 that Pwllheli hake was not hake, whatever else it may have 

 been. 



Omitting the Pwllheli hake of doubtful odour, the figures 

 for the other two ports are given, month by month and year 

 by year, from 1895 to 1904 (inclusive). The tables are 



