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it' we can induce an improvement, both in the fishing and the curing, 

 with, perhaps, also some additional means of carriage inland in 

 branch railways likely to be started in connection with the grain 

 traffic from the coast. 



64 It is not to be forgotten thai in salting fish, large quantities 

 of oil can be saved and added to the wealth which represents the 

 means of purchasing lend. 



65. U is not to lie forgotten that the offal of fish, the refuse 

 which is otherwise thrown into the sea, and only serves to si 

 the better fish, and draw the predaceous ones, makes excellent 

 manure. It is prepared and used in America, under the name of" fish 

 chum." It is also prepared of the fish condemned at Billingsgate 

 as bad, OT, as it is there called, diseased. It is already sent in an 

 offensive unprepared way to our coffee estates. It could easily 

 be prepared so as greatly to increase its value. 15y this means 



the refuse of the seas be made to fertilize, and add to the yield 

 lit' the land. 



66. It is not to be forgotten that fish are' captured on the very 

 highway for carriage, the sea, whence they can most cheaply be 

 transported to any rail-fed or road-fed port. They are also 

 captured where salt is made, or easily earned to them. So that in 

 both these respects they are better situated than food grown in an 

 Ulterior district not tapped by rail or canal. 



67. It is not to be forgotten that by improving the fisheries, 

 we shall improve the fishermen also. In England this is a very 

 important matter as aiding the manning of our naval and mercan- 

 tile marine. As we have used Indian soldiers, it is possible we 

 may be glad to have Indian sailors available. They are already 

 used in the merchant service. In the famine their aid for landing 

 grain was found indispensable, and their numbers all too small: 

 impn fisheries would provide against such a difficulty. 



6S. My third proposition is that fish are a wholesome diet. 

 This is surely about as well known as my first one, that the sea 

 cannot be dried up by a famine. 



69. The fourth proposition is, that the supply of fish from the 

 sea is inexhaustible. This is the burden of the whole Blue Book 

 from which I have been quoting. This very question was the 

 origin of the appointment of Parliamentary Commissioners. Men's 

 minds were exorcised by the fear that over-fishing and injurious 



