. 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. â ,MJ^' } m 164 ADDENDA. aiit relief. In the statements of distress for- warded to the Committee from the manufacturing districts
. 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. â ,MJ^' } m 164 ADDENDA. aiit relief. In the statements of distress for- warded to the Committee from the manufacturing districts, the leading subject of complaint was, the scarcity and exorbitant prices of all the ne- cessaries of life. From the commencement of their labours, the Committee had, therefore, en- deavoured so to administer the bounty of the subscribers as to increase and economise the ge- neral stock of food. To promote the consump- tion of fish among the poor of the interior was thus suggested; and supplies of corned and salted fish were obtained, on moderate terms, by offers to the fishermen to take their surplus quan- tities of cod and herrings in good condition. The fish procured through this expedient would, without the encouragement afforded by it, have been thrown overboard. As soon as these cheap supplies were fur- nished, the Committee substituted grants of fish for those of money; and the readiness with which the poor received this diet, in parts where it was before generally unknown, encouraged the Committee to increase their attention to a sphere of labour connected with so many important ob- jects of general good.** It therefore appears clear, though contrary to the opinion of the fish- viongerSy that the poor will cat-fish, when not at a dear price, and even {f it can be obtained for no- thing. I Â¥â¢! V. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these ill
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