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Your committee have received 

 information, that at the period when 

 the herring fishery must be expected 

 to end, the mackerel fishery begins 

 on the western and southern coasts 

 of England; and they have every 

 reason to believe that a very con- 

 siderable supply of mackerel may 

 be obtained in succession to the 

 herrings. 



Your committee will proceed to 

 investigate the subject more parti- 

 cularly ; and if their present expec- 

 tation shall appear to be well found- 

 ed, thev will suggest to the house 

 the expcdienc)' of affording the same 

 encouragement and advantage to 

 this fishery as they propose to the 

 house now to give to the herring 

 flsherv. 



Third Report of (he Committee ap- 

 pointed to consider of the present 

 high Price of Provisions. 



They have farther proceeded in 

 the matters to them referred, and 

 have come to the following resolu- 

 tions : 



Resolved, That it is the opinion 

 of this committee, that an act made 

 in the 3Gih year of his present ma- 

 jesty, intituled, "An Act to permit 

 Bakers to make and sell certain 

 sorts of Bread," should be repealed. 



Resolved, That it is the opinicm 

 of this committee, that, in order to 

 make more effectual provision for 

 that purpose, it is expedient to al- 

 low mixed bread, and every species 

 of wheaten bread, except the bread 

 made of fine household flour, to be 

 made and sold without assize. 



Resolved, That it is the opinion 

 of this committee, that the provi- 

 sions of an act made in the last ses- 

 sion of parliament, cntituled, "An 



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Act to prohibit, until the Expiration 

 of six Weeks after the Commence- 

 ment of the next Session of Parlia- 

 ment, any Person or Persons from 

 selling any Bread which shall not 

 have been baked a certain Time," 

 should be continued with such 

 amendments as may make the same 

 more effectual. 



Resolved, That it is the opinion 

 of this committee, that it is expe- 

 dient to allow the use of salt duty- 

 free, for the purpose of preserving 

 pilchards, mackerel, and every other 

 kind and species of wholesome fish, 

 either in bulk or in baiTels, for a 

 limited time. 



FourliiReportqfthesameCommiltee. 



They have farther proceeded in 

 the matters to them referred, and 

 have agreed upon the following 

 report, viz. 



One of the most important objects 

 which have engaged the attention of 

 your committee, has been the con- 

 sideration of the different modes of 

 dressing wheat, with a view to as- 

 certain whether, by any alteration 

 in the same, any considerable addi- 

 tion could be made to that propor- 

 tion of the produce which is now 

 applied to the Immediate subsistence 

 of the people. This subject has 

 been at various times under the 

 consideration of committees of this 

 house, and of the legislature. 



An act was passed in the ]3th 

 year of his majesty's reign, by which 

 magistrates were empowered, at 

 their discretion, to set the assize 

 upon standard wheaten bread alone, 

 and thereby to prohibit the making 

 of all other sorts of bread; but as 

 the assize tables contained in that 

 act were so drawn that the profit to 



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