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Show SENT IN REFRIGERATORS. How dependent England is on the outside world for the food which her people require Is set forth in the re-" port-on refrigerated produce, presented present-ed in a consular report. In spite of the careful fostering of home industries Intended , to provide , the food suppjjy of the United Kingdom, the Imports of provisions aro regularly increasing. Instead of drawing on near-by countries, coun-tries, the English people are looking more and more to their colonies In distant parts of the world for these supplies. This is made possible by tho present methods of refrigeration. There are 35S ships engaged in the trade of the United Kingdom that aro fitted in part or throughout with a total refrigerating capacity of 36.2C6,-000 36.2C6,-000 cubic feet.' Of this number, 71 ships, with a capacity of 3,341,000 cubic cu-bic feet for perishable produce, bring supplies from the United States; from Australia and New Zealand, 92 ships, with 15,514,000 cubic feet cold storage capacity, bring chiefly beef, mutton, and butter; from Canada come 47 Bhips. with 1,829,000 cubic feet capacity, capaci-ty, chiefly with meats and dairy prod-I prod-I ucts. Tho number of ships coming from South America carrying refrigerated refriger-ated cargo is not given, but their capacity ca-pacity for this class of goods is placed at 7,611.000 cubic feet. Tho port of London is at the head of the list In the number of vessels and their carrying capacity, and takes most of the Australian and Now Zealand Zea-land cargoes, while Liverpool is second sec-ond and takes most of the North and South American cargoes. |