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distribution of second-rate fish could be 

 avoided, it is quite likely that the pe'ople 

 of England might spend i per head per 

 annum on fish instead of ios., which, 

 after all, is not sixpence a week. If 

 they did this, the demand would be 

 doubled. A doubled demand would be 

 incomparably better than reaping the 

 price that inferior cargoes would make 

 when foisted on the market. The Nor- 

 wegians have agents representing them 

 in the chief centres where their products 

 are consumed ; these agents watch over 

 the interests of the trade as a whole ; they 

 see that the quality is up to standard, and 

 when fish is sold on a commission basis 

 the agent sees that the sender gets the 

 price the commodity realizes. When 

 peace comes and the trawlers fish up the 

 4,000,000 tons of fish which the war has 

 caused to be left in the sea untouched, the 

 necessity of giving every consideration to 

 this question will be apparent. 



The essence of the successful prosecu- 

 tion of our fishing industry lies in pro- 

 duction and distribution. There is no 

 industry of its size in this Empire with 



