APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 135 



nerally used, by full two- thirds of 

 the inhabitants. 



Indian Corn. 



Your committee have received 

 very satisfactory information of the 

 great advantages which have ac- 

 crued from tlie use of Indian corn, 

 where it had been tried, both as 

 food for man and for horses, and 

 they have also the satisfaction to 

 inform the house, that the impor- 

 tation of this grain, which has for- 

 merly been inconsiderable, may in 

 future be much enlarged. 



They have not learned that the 

 use of this article has, as yet, be- 

 come general in any part of the 

 kingdom ; but on trials that have 

 been made of it in different parts of 

 the kingdom, it has been found to 

 answer perfectly well, and to afford 

 a peculiarly cheap and nutritious 

 food ; and it is well known, that 

 in America it constitutes a consi- 

 derable part of the food of all 

 classes of the inhabitants, who are 

 so attached to it, that, when in 

 this country, they frequently pro- 

 cure it by importation for tlieir 

 own consumption. It may be 

 ground into meal by the ordinary 

 process, or may be used when only 

 broken according to the modes 

 §tated in the appendix. 



As food for horses it is very nou- 

 rishing and healthy ; it is in gene- 

 ral use for this purpose also in 

 America, and is considered as more 

 strengthening than oats, being 

 given only in the proportion of 

 one-half of that grain. 



Its ordinary price in America is 

 stated to your committee to be one- 

 third less than wheat ; and there 

 appears reason to believe, that 

 even in the present year consider- 

 nble quantities may be imported. 



To the consideration of these 

 articles of grain your committee 

 thought it necessary to add that of 

 fish, of meat, and of soups, in so 

 far as these appeared to afford the 

 means of food for the more nume- 

 rous classes of their fellow subjects. 



Fish. 

 On the first of these points all 

 they could have stated to the house 

 has been anticipated by the second 

 report of the committee of the house 

 of commons, which has been com- 

 municated to your lordships and re- 

 ferred to this committee. They 

 highly appi'ove tlie measures already 

 taken on this subject, and if suffi- 

 cient encouragement be given by 

 parliament to the plan there de- 

 tailed, and if the zeal of indivi- 

 duals, and of those with whom 

 rests the management of the pa- 

 rishes, particularly in the metropo- 

 lis, be directed to it, the commit- 

 tee are sanguine in their expecta- 

 tion of its being productive of the 

 most extensive advantages. 



Meat. 



With respect to meat, it has 

 been stated to the committee, that 

 the cheaper parts of beef and mut- 

 ton may be applied with great ad- 

 vantage, in point of expense, to 

 the food of labourers, particularly 

 if mixed with rice. 



But there is another resource 

 which might be resorted to, and 

 that to a considerable extent. 



Your committee have learnt that 

 there is a large quantity of salt beef 

 now in the London markets, and 

 that more is daily expected from 

 Ireland, where the price is consi- 

 derably lower than last year. This 

 beef is now sold at such a price, as 

 that it may be applied with very 



