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serving this food so as to increase the de- 

 mand. The processes of marketing the 

 fish at present in vogue in Britain are 

 exactly the same as they were fifty or a 

 hundred years ago. There is no variety. 

 In Germany there are innumerable methods 

 of dealing with the fish after they are 

 landed, and by adopting some of these 

 methods progress might be made. With 

 an inexhaustible supply of such good, 

 wholesome, nutritious food coming in at a 

 time of high prices and great scarcity of 

 other foods, it is imperative that as soon as 

 peace comes no delay should occur in bring- 

 ing the industry up to the modern level of 

 efficiency and presenting the article in an 

 attractive form to the people. The North 

 Sea herring fishery was before the war 

 mainly in the hands of the British ; in the 

 years of reconstruction great care will have 

 to be taken or we may find that much of 

 the traffic may be lost to continental 

 nations, for the scarcity and increase in 

 price of other foods will make this cheap 

 and popular fish very attractive there. 

 Consequently continental nations will be 

 keen participators in its fishery. Before 



