HARBOUR ACCOMMODATION IN THE WEST. 
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then, with the exception of a depression during 1858-59, 
and 1861-64, trade went steadily on, neither increasing nor 
decreasing till 1872, when the returns , were : 1426 vessels, 
registered tonnage, 111,934. Since 1872, on till 1882, there was 
a steady decrease. In the latter year the returns were : 1078 
vessels, 81,793 registered tonnage. 1883 shows an increase; but 
I fear 1884 will bring us back to something like the figures of 
1882, which is the lowest tonnage return for this harbour 
since 1851. 
Dividing the registered tonnage in Sutton Harbour for the 
year 1883 by the number of vessels, gives us an average size of 
ninety-one and a half registered tons per vessel. For the same 
year the corresponding quotient at the Great Western Docks is 
221 tons each; Falmouth, 584 tons each; and in Catte water, 
121£ tons each. The character of the trade done at Sutton Harbour, 
as compared with that done at Millbay, can thus be seen at once. 
I give similar returns for as long a period as I could obtain 
them, also plotted to the same scale, for Falmouth Docks, showing 
that while a smaller trade is done at that dock, it is mostly in 
vessels of the larger class. 
Table VI. 
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC AT FALMOUTH DOCKS 
From the Year 1870 to 1883. 
Year. 
Number of 
Vessels. 
Registered 
Net Tonnage. 
Year. 
Number of 
Vessels. 
Registered 
Net Tonnage. 
1870 
406 
234,207 
1877 
517 
296,758 
1871 
425 
224,922 
1878 
522 
313,605 
1872 
548 
248,652 
1879 
442 
319,458 
1873 
605 
239,077 
1880 
465 
331,477 
1874 
565 
243,579 
1881 
471 
298,090 
1875 
503 
238,858 
1882 
571 
318,726 
1376 
515 
272,975 
1883 
578 
337,653 
I have also a table showing the returns from the Cattewater 
Harbour since the year 1876, when it was incorporated, to the 
present time. In 1877, the year after the Commissioners were 
appointed, the number of vessels paying dues in Cattewater was 
2392, and their registered tonnage, 255,787. Last year there 
were: number of vessels, 1414 ; registered tonnage, 166,037 — 
a reduction of nearly one half of the returns from 1877. 
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