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THE COLLECTION OF STATISTICS IN 
NORTHUMBERLAND. 
It is known to the members of the Northumberland Sea 
Fisheries Committee that arrangements were made to collect 
statistics from three new stations, all in the southern division of 
the Committee’s district — Alnmouth, Amble and Cresswell. 
It was found, however, when the arrangements were completed 
that the Board could not pay the Collectors, and the Committee 
determined for a time to pay them so as to obtain complete 
statistics for the Northumberland area, and it was hoped that in 
the meantime the Board would find it possible to add these stations 
to their list. The collection was begun in 1906, and has been 
continued until now, when after repeated applications to the Board, 
the Committee have decided not to continue what is after all a 
national duty. 
The accompanying table will therefore at the present time be 
interesting as it shows the landings for 1908 at these and the other 
villages in the southern division of Northumberland, and to what 
extent local statistics will lose if the collection comes to an end. 
The very fact that complete statistics cannot be obtained for 
Northumberland shows that the statistical information with regard 
to the smaller stations collected by the Board is still far from being 
complete. However unimportant such small stations are from the 
poiut of view of the total landings for the country, they are of 
importance when matters of local administration are under 
consideration. 
