NOTE BY THE MINISTRY or SHIPPING. REFRIGERATED SHIPPING SPACE. 1. Since the circulation of F.P.(M.). (40) 151 on 14th October last, the position has altered to a substantial extent, as a result of the considerable increase in tonnage allocated to the Fighting Services and the alteration in the importing programme of the Ministry of Food. 2. For the purpose of the present Memorandum, the Ministry of Food's requirements during the second year of war have been taken as 15 million tons; of this total 3.