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a slight reminiscence of the lobster. But an investigation recently 

 carried on by a distinguished bio-chemist in Canada has shown that 

 they are so rich in uric products that they cannot be recommended as 

 a food. Their flesh soon becomes offensive on account of the large 

 amount of urea in the tissues. 



„ . . „, Dr. Robertson: May I ask Prof. Prince a question? 



Unfair Charges •' • , r i j n i. ^ 



against Reduc- If the amount of money paid for the dog-iish, two 



tion Works cents a pound, was left out of account, would the 



business be carried on clear of expense? 



Prof. Prince : I think it would, I think it would then clear ex- 

 penses. 



Dr. Robertson : Would it not, be fair to treat that as a bounty for 

 the destruction of the fish rather than as the price of the product? 



Prop. Prince: It is rather unfair to charge the reduction works 

 with some of the charges made against them. So when I say that 

 the returns are only half the cost, that is what is shown by the official 

 figures in the Auditor General's report, but our Committee will point 

 out that some of the charges against the reduction works are unfair, 

 that they should be looked upon as a bounty for the destruction of a 

 menace. I hope the Committee's report may be of some interest 

 because the operation of these works, about which there has been a 

 great deal of prejudice, is fully explained. It has, in fact, been 

 emphatically stated that they would be closed down as not being a 

 paying enterprise. 



Miscellaneous Aquatic Products 



Fish Powder ^ ^^^^^ many fish which are at preseiit not utilized 

 for Feeding could be made, as in Japan, into fish powder and either 



Cattle"^ used for human food for making soup, etc., or for 



cattle feed. Most of you know how excellent has 

 been the result of feeding fish powder to pigs and cattle. It has not 

 affected the flesh and has proved to be exceedingly good fattening 

 material. I have some reports here of experiments at Buenos Ayres, 

 and also I think in India or some other country, where fish powder 

 has been prepared from the inferior fish, which was ground up into a 

 powder and used as feed in this way. The production of desiccated 

 material like that, which will keep well and can be marketed easily, is 

 a line of utilization which is well worth following up. 



