. A treatise on the importance of extending the British fisheries [microform] : containing a description of the Iceland fisheries, and of the Newfoundland fishery and colony : together with remarks and propositions for the better supply of the metropolis and the interior, with cured and fresh fish; elucidating also the necessity of encouraging and supporting commerce and the general industry of the country. Fisheries; Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêches; Pêches; Pêches. 1. 160 ADDENDA. use of the public, the acts of parhament which relate to that subject. The Committee state, that they entertain no d
. A treatise on the importance of extending the British fisheries [microform] : containing a description of the Iceland fisheries, and of the Newfoundland fishery and colony : together with remarks and propositions for the better supply of the metropolis and the interior, with cured and fresh fish; elucidating also the necessity of encouraging and supporting commerce and the general industry of the country. Fisheries; Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêches; Pêches; Pêches. 1. 160 ADDENDA. use of the public, the acts of parhament which relate to that subject. The Committee state, that they entertain no doubt but that corned fish, if properly cured, and sold at a moderate price, would be very ac- ceptable to all classes in this country. Upon this si'bject they had recently received the opi- nion of Mr. Boase, of Penzance, who is well ac- quainted with the subject, and who mentioned a circumstance well deserving of attention. " Pen- zance market,*' he observed, " supplies a very populous district, where fish is three-fourths of the animal food of the lower classes. The average price of fresh fish, during the last twelve months, has been about one penny per pound; of salt fish, nearly Mree pence; and, notwithstand- ing this, the hucksters carry off ten loads of salted for one of fresh fish»*' In the course of his observations on this sub- ject, Mr. Boase notices the effects which the in- creased use of corned fish would have on the cultivation of potatoes, an article of subsistence much more productive in quantity, and much more certain as to crop, than wheat, or any other kind of grain. Upon this subject Mr. Boase states an interesting fact, as follows: *' The population of the district of Penzance has, for. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Phelps, S. (Samuel). London : Printed fo
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