CANNED FOOD.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 88, 7 June 1879, Page 2

CANNED FOOD.

A correspondent of the New York Duily Bulletin hits been making inquiries with regard to the cauuod goods business, and finds that roost meats are now canned and sold for uso on board ship in plaie of Bait provisions. Lobsters were formerly caught off this shore, but they became scarce hero and went to Maino, and since then they have gone to Nova Scotia, and still later to Newfoundland. Some of our local dealers have had caning factories in Maine, and have moved them as tho fish emigrated, and they aro now locatedinNpvaSootUandNewfouudland. Lobster protective laws have been passed by the legislature, but they came too late, ami are even now but loosely onforced.

Among the novelties now put up are baked beans, fish and clum chowdor, and tho latest of all aro fish balls. Beast were first canned as an experiment about a year and a half ago, and some few have boon sold in England. The " fish talis and baked beans" were exhibited at tho Paris Exhibition, and a great many orders resulted. There have been rumours among the trade that a lurgt oontraot was scoured at Paris from a foreign government (the French) for tho supply of the army, but the company manufacturing deny this. The probability It that a satisfactory large ordor it txpectod. The works, which aro entirely new, me being run to the fullest capacity ►

mid 5000 dozen cans uf hMi balls und b iked L-.-:ns are being made daily. Soon of ill descriptions aru canned, but prices for these are high. Iu fruits much is being done, and peaches and tomatoes are sent to England. Twenty ▼ears ago, oysters were canned at toe but now Baltimore lias the trade, ad turns its advantage of location to good account. The consumption of canned goods is evidently on the increase, and dealers contend thnt tho system of living in flats is tendiug to increase it, not only on account of room, but because of the slight (and in many cases an entire absence of) preparation for the table. In this connection should be mentioned tho kerosene cooking and tho kerosene heating stoves, which are accompanying canned goods in their mission of facile and concentrated housekeeping.