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Training Jollege building.
li Further expansion will depend on the progress made by orks
Branch in repairing damaged school buildings and in the making
of school furniture.
5.
FISTERIES.
The wholesale fish marketing scheme has got away
to a very good start in spite of the uphill struggle in the first
couple of weeks. The value of fish handled is as follows:-
Fresh Fish
Salted Fish
$104,000.-
$900,000.-
The gross commission earned from the 5th.Oct. to 30th Oct.
amounts to 61,000.-, whilst expenses for the sume period are
estimated at $22,000.-
a. Comments. The considerable excess of Salted Fish over Fresa Fish
chief ly
is attributblack of ice, resulting in the fishermen having
to salt a larger proportion of their catches than would otherwise
have been the case, whilst a small contributory cause is said to
be the smuggling to the black market.
b.Supply of Fresh Fond Fish, has been disappointing, but this will
improve in due course. Black market operators received a warning last week when two wholsesale vendors were convicted and fined.
c. Prices. One of the objects of the Fisheries Scheme is to bring
prices down and statistics show that wholesale prices of Salted Fish have fallen by about 22% during October.
Fresh Fish prices have been eratic, due in part to the poor.
season for "wong fa"
d. The Fishing Industry.
Progress towards rehabilitation of the