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practical certainty of the increased development of the 

 shell-fish producing areas, under intelligent control. So 

 far it has been the interest of the public health that has 

 induced the Fisheries Committee to examine this 

 question, with results which are now familiar to its 

 members. The policy of the Public Health Authorities 

 appears to be that of the simple condemnation of the 

 mussels, even of such mussels as those from Eoosebeck 

 Scar. It is rather strange that this policy should have 

 been the only reward of the intervention of the Fisheries 

 Committee in aid of the Public Health Authorities ; but 

 obviously it is only a phase in the settlement of a 

 problem of great public importance. 



