. 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. i 1 ^' 1 i\ 4} 'â U !⢠.. 144 ADDENDA. encouraging and promoting the supply of fish, both fresh and corned, in the metropolis an
. 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. i 1 ^' 1 i\ 4} 'â U !⢠.. 144 ADDENDA. encouraging and promoting the supply of fish, both fresh and corned, in the metropolis and the other parts of the island, the Committee are of opinion, that, with the natural advantages which Great Britain enjoys, in respect of the fisheries, it is of importance, in the first place, to ascer- tain the nature and extent of the impediments which, in an island where the coasts abound in inexhaustible shoals of that article of food, check the supply and the use of fish, at a time when an increasing population demands additional means of subsistence. , . ' The ascertaining of these impediments, and the adopting of the most effectual and unex- ceptionable measures for their removal, appear to the committee to constitute a great part of what will be done by the Fish Association j for, whenever these impediments are removed, and private adventure is once put in action, they en- tertain no doubt of an ample supply to our mar- kets, at prices which, without the interference of regulation, will be proportionable to the cost and labour of the enterprise, and to the extent of the supply and demand; affording, at the same time, profit to the adventurer and benefit to the pub- lic. In their first Report, the Committee noticed four impediments to thp general use of fish in the. 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 resem
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