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apparent yearly consumption of shell eggs per person in Great 
Britain is .100 eggs. Calculated on the same basis the average per 
capita consumption in Great Britain for 1913 was 124 eggs per 
annum. Thus, the consumption of shell eggs has apparently de- 
creased between 19 and 20 per cent from pre-war figures. On the 
other hand, to regain the ordinary pre-war consumption Great 
Britain must produce or import, or both, about 25 per cent more 
eggs than in 1922. Of course the question rises as to what effect 
Fig. 23. — Type of package used for selling dried eggs for domestic consumption, England 
the importation of frozen and dried eggs, especially from China, has 
had on the shell-egg consumption. That it has some effect is shown 
by the fact that dried eggs are sold in the retail shops for household 
use. They are even packed in cartons represented to contain 1 dozen 
" fresh eggs " in " golden flakes.'' The words " golden {lakes " how- 
ever, are in very small letters, so that the impression obtained is that 
the package contains fresh shell eggs (fig. 25). 
Assuming as a basis of computation that 1 pound of liquid yolk 
or liquid albumen is equivalent to 1 dozen eggs in the shell, the 
