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fishing grounds at Kinsale, Skibbereen, Baltimore, and 
Bantry, and in the Bay of Bantry a steamer had been put 
on, so that every evening the fish caught in any of those 
places could be shipped, and next day it would be delivered 
in the cities and towns of England. The great thing to be 
desired was to have as few people as possible between the 
consumer and the fishermen, otherwise the profit was scat¬ 
tered about by the number of hands through which the fish 
passed. If there were any gentlemen present engaged in 
the fish business, he would recommend them to send their 
agents over there, who would day by day collect the fish 
and send it forward. He knew, from practical experience, 
that fishermen got very little as the result of their industry ; 
this did not apply so much to the mackerel fishery, because 
it was mostly conducted by men of skill and experience 
who could take care of themselves. 
Mr. C. E. FRYER had great pleasure in seconding the 
vote of thanks. The Chairman had referred to the beautiful 
scene presented at night when the boats were leaving the 
harbour, but it appeared to him the enjoyment was much 
enhanced when you happened to be on board one of the 
vessels going to the fishing grounds. Having had the 
pleasure himself, he could recommend any one who visited 
Cornwall to endeavour to get a night’s fishing on board 
one of those boats ; for no more beautiful scene could be 
imagined than was presented on a fine evening on board a 
boat off the Land’s End. The energy of the Cornish fisher¬ 
men had been referred to, but, like many others engaged 
in the same vocation, they were remarkably conservative in 
their habits, and it was very difficult to induce them to 
adopt improved methods of fishing. He had had the great 
satisfaction of introducing into this country the system of 
preserving pilchards in oil, in the manner in which sardines 
