“The only effectual attempt that has been made to counteract the work of the coper has been carried on through the agency of the Mission smacks.  It is not, as a rule, easy to estimate how much or how little practical good is effected by missionary agencies, but here the case is clear.  I gladly add my own testimony to that of others, and say that, at present, the Mission affords the only relief from the temptation and the only remedy to the evils of the copering system.”—­W.  Burdett Coutts, Esq., M.P.

“I look upon the Mission vessel as a blessing to the trade of the port.”—­The Mayor of Great Grimsby.

“It is indeed an advantage for our fishermen at sea by means of these vessels to enjoy the same privileges as we ourselves do on shore.”—­The Mayor of Great Yarmouth.