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Icelandic banks and land their catches in 

 Iceland for about 4 or 5 per ton. If a 

 carrying ship gave 8 or 12, per ton for the 

 fish and then added the cost of the trans- 

 portation and a mild form of refrigeration, 

 it could be landed at English ports at a 

 little over twopence halfpenny per pound. 

 This fish would be of good quality, for after 

 being put into cold storage 'in absolutely 

 fresh condition and turned out again in a 

 few days, it should merit as high a price as 

 the ordinary iced fish which, being iced 

 en masse, is often very much marked by 

 indentations which are not pleasing to the 

 eye. These carrying ships could go out 

 laden with coal for the trawlers and thus 

 save them a voyage of 2000 miles. But 

 perhaps this is looking ahead too far, for 

 one has always to remember that chilled 

 or frozen fish loses some of its flavour ; and 

 if for this reason alone, the supplies from 

 Canada and Newfoundland should be sold 

 as colonial produce. The shopkeeper 

 should not be allowed to pass off. the com- 

 modity as the production of the North 

 Sea. 



For several years after the war, food will 



