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benefited. He had, however, been able to add to the list 
of fish known on that coast some of which were not repre- 
sented in the Exhibition. A remark was made in the 
Paper with reference to there not being aldermen on a 
certain portion of the coast where there were plenty of 
turtles. Of course aldermen were entitled to eat turtles, 
and very few other people could afford it; but, on the 
other hand, there was a large community not far off which 
at the present moment were prevented apparently by the 
aldermen from eating something which was a great deal 
cheaper than turtles, Herrings, mackerel, and all sorts of 
fish, might be cheaper at the present moment if an oppor- 
tunity were given by certain aldermen to have those fish 
brought into a central market with greater facilities, so as 
to afford sustenance to the poor. He hoped the remarks 
made from time to time with reference to that point would 
receive the same careful attention on the part of the public 
which other subjects had already received. The places 
now described were a long distance off, but those present 
yesterday would remember that the gentleman from Japan 
had produced what looked more like a lump of stick than 
anything else, which was in reality a fish, so preserved as 
to be capable of being transported all over the world, and 
kept for any time, and yet it could easily be converted into 
a pleasant and valuable article of food. Nota Paper had 
been read at these Conferences but showed more or less 
that, however the population might increase, there would 
be found in every part of the globe where the flag of Great 
Britain floated a source of supply for the national wants, 
though but for this great Fisheries Exhibition a deal of this 
information would not have been forthcoming. He there- 
fore considered that those gentlemen who came forward 
to read these Papers were entitled to the thanks not only 
