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94 CORNWALL 4051. In the second category, at Sennen 605 cwt., at St Ives 80,557, at Padstow but 318, at Port Isaac 2526. The value of the fish taken at Sennen was ^2065, at St Ives .39,941, at Padstow ^6660, at Port Isaac ^2169. Landing Fish, Newlyn 18. Shipping and Trade. There are no great seaports in Cornwall. Falmouth was by far the most considerable when the packet service ran from it to the West Indies, Portugal, and New York. The station was established in 1688. In 1705 five packet-boats left it for the West Indies and in 1709 as many for Lisbon; not till 1755 did two sail for New York, but the number was increased to four in 1763.
