9. Mr. CHANCELLORasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the fact that on Friday last train-loads of salmon arrived at Billingsgate in such a condition that they were taken down the river in barges in carbolic tanks; can he account for this waste of foodstuffs; and will he say what arrangements have been or will be made to prevent its recurrence?
§ Mr. PARKER (Lord of the Treasury)I have been asked to reply. The total quantity of salmon condemned at Billingsgate on Friday, 5th July, was 5 stone, an Irish consignment spoiled by delay in transit. It is impossible to prevent an occasional occurrence of this kind in warm weather.