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Papers, 1891, June-1892, August, relating to members and meetings of the Western Sea Fisheries Committee and sub-committees between June 1891 and August 1892.

Petition made by thirteen mussel gatherers from Porthmadog relating to an allegation made by a Birmingham Health Inspector that the mussels were contaminated and that they therefore had to stop sending mussels to Birmingham. Copy.

Portfolio relating to 'Fishery Schools', containing correspondence between J. Travis Jenkins and the Board of Education, memoranda relating to fishery schools by the Board, and reports made by J. Travis Jenkins on such schools.

Portfolio relating to the Sardine Case of 1912, including newspaper cuttings and correspondence between J. Travis Jenkins, who was an expert witness in the case, and solicitors for the plaintiffs.

Quarterly Report ending 14 March 1895, by D. Pritchard, Fishery Officer for the area from Porthdinllaen to Llwyngwril, reporting that the Pwllheli boats had been laid up because of bad weather but that some boats had been fishing in deep waters off Aberystwyth and off the lightship making fair catches. He recommends transplanting mussel to Pwllheli for breeding and reports that over 181 tons of fish had been sent from Pwllheli the previous year apart from fish consumed locally.

Quarterly Report ending 20 December 1895, by D. Pritchard, Fishery Officer, for the area from Porthdinllaen to Llwyngwril, reporting an improvement in catches by the deep sea trawlers from Pwllheli but the smaller ones have not done so well, being old and leaky. There have also been as many as eighteen Hoylake boats in Pwllheli at one time. He has difficulty getting out in a boat during the winter months, and notes that the mesh of many trawl nets is small.

Report by D. Pritchard, Fishery Officer for the area from Porthdinllaen to Llwyngwril, reporting the crew of a Hoylake fishing boat, 'Comet' LL53, which refused to ease speed to board for examination of her trawl net, off Caernarfon's new dock, as well as a letter from Fishery Officer D. Pritchard to R[andal] Casson, stating that the vessel 'Comet' has been transferred from Liverpool to the Isle of Man.

Report by D. Pritchard, Fishery Officer, relating to the capture of four men using an illegal draw-net in the Borth-y-gest area.

Report by D. Pritchard, Fishery Officer, stating that Captain Rhys Williams of Pwllheli had refused to give him permission to board his yacht 'Westward Ho' for inspection of his trawl net.

Report by Professor [Philip J.] White on the Sparling Fishery of the River Conwy accompanied by a note from Professor White to J. Travis Jenkins, Superintendent of the Lancashire and Western Sea Fisheries. Also enclosed are letters from Professor White to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries relating to an objection by Professor White to byelaws concerning sparling.

Report by R. Jones, Fishery Officer, who tried to board a steam trawler in the Menai Straits having just come in over the Caernarfon bar, for the purpose of examining her nets; boarding was not accomplished because the crew did not co-operate.

Report of meetings of the General Purpose Sub-Committee held at Chester to resolve the garfish nets matter, whereby a sub-committee was appointed to deal with the matter.

Reports (2) by D. Pritchard, Fishery Officer. In the first report, dated 16 May 1896, he reports the boarding of a fishing boat, the 'Wave' CO3, trawling off Cilan Head within the limits with trawl mesh too small, and trawl beam too large. The second report, 17 May 1896, is of the boarding of fishing boat 'Ann Marie' LL208 at Cilan Head. He reports the same offences as those committed by the 'Wave'. Also included is information given for the prosecution at the Pwllheli Petty Sessional Division by R. Casson related to the offences committed by the boat 'Ann Marie'.

Reports made by R. Jones, Fishery Officer, who seized an illegal draw-net and the fishermen's boat near the Trecastell weir in the Menai Straits off Beaumaris, as well as information given to the Anglesey Petty Sessional Division by R[andal] Casson for the prosecution.

Resolution passed 25 November, 1895 that the Fishery Officers of the Western Sea Fisheries be made honorary members of the Lancashire Sea Fisheries Joint Committee. This copy dated 27 November 1895 was sent to R[andal] Casson from J. P. Muspratt. Copy.

Returns as to the fishing industry for the year 1892, for most fishing ports in the Western Sea Fisheries District, along with two letters to R[andal] Casson relating to the returns, from the chief officer of New Quay Coastguard and from Thomas Ellis of Holyhead.