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method or machine for producing the cooling power, nor 

 based on hard-and-fast lines which cannot be varied, but 

 may be adapted in a practical manner to either smack, 

 cutter, or railway van. 



It would be discreditable if not disgraceful not only to 

 artizan but capitalist, if a system that has been proved over 

 and over again equal to bringing mutton from Australia 

 and salmon from Canada and Labrador in a frozen state, 

 and beef from Chicago to London (more than four thousand 

 miles) in an unfrozen state, cannot find such application on 

 boats and vans as will keep fish in a sound condition while 

 in transit from any part of the English coast to the various 

 English markets. 



Mr. Mackie proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, 

 who had been so regular in his attendance at these Con- 

 ferences, and had conveyed so much useful information to 

 those who attended. 



The motion was seconded by the Chevalier BlCKER- 

 Caarten, and carried unanimously. 



The Chairman, in reply, said it was very gratifying 

 to him to find that his remarks had been received with 

 approbation. One of the main points which he had 

 endeavoured to impress upon those who attended those 

 Conferences was, that if the present destruction of fish 

 went on unchecked, the time would come when the supply 

 would be entirely exhausted. 



Note. — Since the above discussion took place Mr. 

 Wilmot has taken some of the salmon frozen in June 1882 

 out of the Canadian Freezers on exhibition, and presented 

 them to persons of high distinction in London. In dining 

 with one of these, the salmon when served up was not 

 distinguishable by the host or his guests from fresh-caught 

 fish. 



