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lished — a possibility which is adverted to bj one of the 

 witnesses. 



" That the existing state of the continent of Europe, 

 and the diminution of the demand for white-herrings in 

 Ireland, occasioned by the failure in the potato crop, render 

 the present not a favourable conjuncture for making a 

 change in the established system of the herring trade. 



" The statistical information obtained from the annual 

 tables presented by the Fishery Board to Parliament, 

 which I here subjoin, bears strongly upon the policy of the 

 branding system : — 



" An Account of the Total Number of Barrels of White Herrings Ex- 

 ported to Ireland, to other places in Europe, and to places out of 

 Europe, for the undermentioned Years : — 



