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Bay fleet. But we had then lost no boats lately, and our 
men were indifferent about it, and the thing fell flat. Only 
seven boats were entered in it. It happened that the 
Jane , and two other boats, partially wrecked in the same 
storm, were in it, and the club was ruined. The public 
generously gave us over ,£2,000 to provide for the widows 
and orphans of the crew of the Jane, and to repair 
damages generally. Out of this fund we provided liberally 
for the widows and orphans, and we then paid to the club 
enough to enable it to meet the demands on it, and we then 
distributed the remainder of the fund amongst the other 
owners whose boats had sustained damage, with the distinct 
assurance that if they did not put their boats in the club no 
one would ever again stir a finger to help them in case of 
accident. The Cornish fisherman is not behindhand in 
taking a hint, and I believe every boat in the bay is now in 
the club, even before she is launched. I certainly do not wish 
to see any club make its prosperity by such a fearful 
experience as that which set up ours, but I shall be most 
happy to send the rules of the club to any one interested 
in the matter. The general outline is just this : nets are not 
insurable (for want of that gunboat.) The surveyor of the 
club examines each boat entered and reports on her value, 
and she is then insured in two-thirds of her survey value. 
Losses are made good by the levy of a rate on all owners 
of boats in the club at the time of the loss, and no loss is 
made good which is occasioned by any neglect to observe 
the Board of Trade Rules. 
I wish to call your attention to a great advantage which 
this Exhibition will certainly confer on Cornwall. Mackerel 
shoal in deep water as well as in shallow. Our desideratum 
for a long time past has been a seine which can capture the 
deep water shoals. A gentleman named Cox, a Cornishman, 
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