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tion, fish was scarcely ever to be obtained ; fish- 

 mongers not having been inclined to open shops at 

 so remote a distance from the market. It was 

 suggested to them, that one or more large depots 

 might be formed there, and be supplied with 

 fish by caravans, to be forwarded from Billings- 

 gate, in quantities proportioned to the prices and 

 supply for the day, and that such arrangements as 

 to the prices of sale at these stations might be made, 

 as might render them an accommodation to retail 

 dealers choosing to resort thither, as well as a ge- 

 neral benefit to the inhabitants. They were in- 

 formed, that the Committee were ready to supply 

 them at the cost prices, as soon as they should be 

 prepared to receive the fish. It will shortly be 

 seen, from what the Committee has done on the 1 

 same principle in country places, that the measure 

 is clearly practicable, and that if the inhabitants 

 of the parts before mentioned, or any parts alike 

 contiguous to the metropolis should still remain 

 tinsupplied with fish of the best quality, and on 

 very moderate terms, it will really be only for the 

 reason that sufficient zeal does not exist to raise a 

 trifling fund in order to commence operations, and 

 provide for contingencies, and to take a little 

 trouble of superintendance and arrangement. The 

 Committee repeat, that they are quite ready to 

 afford a supply of fresh and salt fish on the above 

 principle, to any parts adjoining the metropolis 



