A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Vol. III. No. 48. 



BARBADOS, FEBKUAUY 13, 1904. 



Peice Id. 



Fish-curing ludustiy at Barbados. 



published in the Agricultural News 



'ol. II, p. 217) an extract relating to 



experiments that were being tried in 



curing fl3'ing fish, in which it was mentioned that 

 Mr. G. W. Hunt had obtained, through the Imperial 

 Department of Agriculture, the use of buildings on 

 the Reef Recreation Ground for carrying on a fish- 

 curing business. These buildings had originally been 

 purchased from the military authorities by the General 

 Board of Health for quarantine purposes. 



With the object of making better known the 

 efforts that had been made daring the last twelve 

 months to establish a fish-curing industry in the island, 

 and v.ith the view of obtaining the assistance of 

 merchants and others in disposing of the fish on a 

 commercial scale, a number of gentlemen interested in 

 the undertaking were invited to inspect the buildings 

 on January 23, and to see something of the results of 

 Mr. Hunt's efforts. Sir Daniel Morris explained that 

 the experiment had now arrived at a stage when it 

 must either come to an end, or embark upon a career 

 of comparative prosperit}'. It was his hope that fish- 

 curing would make such progress in Barbados as to 

 become one of the established industries of the island. 

 What he wished to point out was that, when an 

 industry of this kind had been shown to be a practi- 

 cable one, it was necessary, in order to carry it on on 

 commercial lines, for it to receive general support from 

 the mercantile community. He therefore appealed to 

 those present to do what they could to remove any 

 prejudice that may happen to exist as to a new food 

 of this kind. That the fish was perfectly wholesome, 

 the letters that had been received from Trinidad and 

 British Guiana, to which colonies several successful 

 shipments had already been made, amply testified. 



