THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR FISHERIES. [To THE EDITOR Or THE
"SPECTATOR."] was much interested in your article on "The Development ad Our Fisheries," and the writer touches the vital spot when he mentions "distribution." The entire success of the working of this great national asset hangs on this. In the past the dock and railway companies have always been years behind the trade in providing the necessary facilities to deal with the ever-increasing harvest of the sea, and again many retailers have obstructed progress in their desire to get a good profit out of a small quantity of fish in preference to a smaller profit and large turnover. The coming spring (when we hope to have the fishing-boats back at their normal occupation) presents a fine chance for the Govern- ment to establish discharged soldiers, who for many reasons will not be able to take up an indoor job, by assisting them with a monetary grant on easy terms of repayment, to purchase the necessary pony and cart, &c., to work a "fish round." This would enable them to make a good living without having to rely on charity, and incidentally would enable the public to purchase at their doors one of the best and most health-giving foods at a very
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