Text given with photo-The above is from a photograph taken on the Quay, King's Lynn, on May 18th 1910, and we give particulars of the six boats as follows :—
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Name of boat Cargo Tonnage
Bernard (Hull) Linseed Cake 116 tons
Karen (Norwegian) Do. 200 „
Mlette (Danish) Barley 175 „
Henny (German) Linseed Cake 207 „
Hertha (Danish) Oats (1,200 qrs.) 180 „
Kamma Do. Linseed Cake 275 „
1,152 Tons
The boat waiting to come in is the Kamma.
It will be noticed that the only English vessel is the Bernard, of Hull, which, by the way, carried less tonnage than each of the five Foreign boats. The latter had Foreign crews, Foreign-made linseed cake (which might have been made in Lynn), and Foreign barley and oats (which could have been grown in the United Kingdom or the Colonies.)
The above is typical of what is constantly happening, not only in Lynn but at all the ports in the British Isles. Foreign vessels are also allowed to load in England and discharge the cargo at any other port in the United Kingdom, and thus unfairly compete in our coasting trade.