NOVEL FISHING VESSEL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 707, 8 December 1881, Page 3

NOVEL FISHING VESSEL.

There was recently, or there is still, Iron states, a vessel in Queenstown haihor which is remaritable as being probably destined to work a revolution in the supply of fish to large towns. The Raphael, ownsri by Messrs Cabissol et Cie, of Marseilles—formerly the Collingwoorl of Newcastle—is a schooner rigged steamer ot 581 tons net register, and able to carry about 100 tons deadweight, including fuel. She carries two steam launches for fishing, and had on board when arriving at Queenstown 500 tons of of salmon and trout, which she commenced catching at Labradar and Sandwich Bay on 10th Juno last, and she was eight days coming to po' Her holds are hermetically sealed - . refrigerated, and the fish lie in v <ien trays. The refrigerating apprra' . need not be described, as it is sir ar to those familiar to our readers But the experiments with the vessel .-roonstrate that fish may be kept on board for months, and then be perfectly fit for food. Moreover, this vessel could come to port for orders, and wait as easily as if she had carried grain - She could go to London, Liverpool, Rouen (for Paris), or even Bombay, and sell her cargo in large or small quantities without any fear of glutting the market. She could bring fish of on country to ports where the like has never been seen before ; and, indeed, we need not expatiate upon what such a vessel could do in the way of bringing a fresh supply. She could deliver a cargo in London and go to the North Sea fishing grounds (if the prospects were good) and run cargo thence to Billingsgate safely in the hottest weather."