§ Brigadier-General CROFTasked the Food Controller whether his attention has been called to the reported divergence between the controlled price of herrings and the actual price paid to fishermen; and whether he will take steps to alter the controlled price?
Mr. ROBERTSI am aware that retailers show a tendency to keep the retail price of herrings at the controlled maximum, even on occasions when the price paid to fishermen would enable them to-sell the fish at a lower figure. I shall presently revise the controlled prices of fish, but I am anxious to impress on all retailers that the maximum price ought not to be charged unless circumstances, warrant it.