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growth entirely to the world-wide popular- 

 ity of the little tinned " bristling." These 

 millions of little tins of sardines are ex- 

 ported under hundreds of different brands, 

 principally to the United States and South 

 America. Earlier in the war Germany 

 imported great quantities. 



With the difficulty of obtaining oil, 

 tins, coal, and salt the Norwegians have 

 lately had troubles of their own, and these 

 difficulties have no doubt lessened the 

 margin of profit; but on the whole the 

 Norwegian fisheries have received a great 

 impetus from the war, and the extra- 

 ordinary demands from Germany. Any- 

 thing like a " trade war after the war " 

 would no doubt divert German fish re- 

 quirements to Norway, where they can 

 obtain the supplies which in pre-war days 

 they got from England and Scotland. 

 This would be a loss to the British fishing 

 industry. 



The administration of the fishing in- 

 dustry by the Norwegian Government is 

 the best organized and most intelligent of 

 all European countries. The Minister of 

 Commerce is official head of the fisheries, 



