HARBOUR ACCOMMODATION IN THE WEST. 
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Second in importance to the provision of safe and ample fishing 
harbours to the fishing population is the speedy and economical 
transit of the fish to the great markets of London and the 
Midland counties. I have here a map, published by the Fisheries 
Exhibition, designed to show the commerce of the United Kingdom 
in relation to fish. It shows the relative amount received by the 
ports and conveyed inland by the various railroads, and is classified 
in three divisions, the classification being based upon returns 
presented to the House of Commons in 1882. Ports receiving 
under 1000 tons of fish annually are printed in the smallest type. 
Ports receiving over 1000 tons and under 10,000 are printed 
larger; and ports receiving over 10,000 tons are printed in larger 
type still ; in fact, the largest on the map. Looking at this map, 
we can see at a glance that the West-Country fisheries depend 
upon the coasts between Teignmouth on the South Coast, and 
Appledore on the North. Only three ; viz., Brixham, Penzance, 
and St. Ives, dispatch more than 10,000 tons. Plymouth, as you 
will notice, is here printed in the smallest type, although I really 
do not see how this ought to be, if Brixham is included. 
Table IX. 
NUMBER OF TRAWLERS, PILOT BOATS, AND HOOKERS 
BELONGING TO THE PORT OF PLYMOUTH 
For the Undermentioned Years. 
Year. 
Trawlers. 
Year. 
Trawlers. 
Year. 
Trawlers. 
Year. 
Trawlers. 
1855 
54 
1863 
70 
1871 
59 
1879 
51 
1856 
47 
1864 
70 
1872 
68 
1880 
54 
1857 
46 
1865 
72 
1873 
69 
1881 
67 
1858 
42 
1866 
61 
1874 
61 
1882 
68 
1859 
67 
1867 
52 
1875 
56 
1883 
70 
1860 
59 
1868 
57 
1876 
51 
1884 
70 
1861 
65 
1869 
62 
1877 
48 
1862 
65 
1870 
65 
1878 
51 
Pilot Boats. — As only a few of the pilot boats visit Sutton Harbour to 
pay dues, it would be no guide to the number in the Port ; but I have made 
inquiries of an old pilot, and he informs me that the average number during 
the past twenty years would be 7. 
Hookers. — It will be tolerably correct if we take the average number of 
hookers and drift boats belonging to the Port (not including Cawsand) as 
being 70. 
