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local market should be constituted by competing buyers and 

 curers from Scotland or elsewhere, or that arrangements 

 should be made to transport the daily catch by steam-carriers 

 to a market on the mainland such as Liverpool, Fleetwood or 

 Holyhead. As a result of the want of market facilities it may 

 be noted that during the greater part of this summer herring 

 have been sold retail at Port Erin at 20 for a shilling, while in 

 Liverpool they cost from three half-pence to twopence half- 

 penny each. 



The bulk of the fish, however, were not sold fresh, but 

 were cured in brine to be exported as salt herrings ; and, from 

 the point of view of food production, this is probably the best 

 way of dealing with these large summer fisheries. Summer- 

 cured salt herrings are a highly nutritious winter food which 

 ought to be more widely known and more generally used 

 throughout the country. 



After the War it will for some time probably be just as 

 important as it is now to prevent money from leaving the 

 country, and with a view to this, as well as for other reasons 

 which I have stated — in brief, the production of food and 

 the employment of demobilised men — it is obviously desirable 

 that all home productivity should be organised and stimulated. 

 The exploitation of minor fishing industries along our shores 

 naturally occurs as one step in this direction, and the economic 

 need for developing these deserving industries seems obvious 

 and urgent. 



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