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Nicholson's orders, the increased charges for supervision, the 

 increased cost of fish and other supplies and the valuation of the 

 balance of stock at only two-thirds of the selling price. 



75. Experiments. — Not many experiments were attempted. 

 Mullets which had hitherto not been canned were canned with 

 success. Unfortunately, however, very few were obtainable and 

 those only at prohibitive prices. It has been demonstrated that 

 semi-dried prawns from Tanur can be safely canned as ' whole 

 prawns ' and can also be made into paste. A Jew tins of sardines 

 with the scales (which consumers find a nuisance) removed were 

 canned and were found to be a decided improvement, but the opera- 

 tion to remove the scales is tedious and expensive and the fish are 

 liable to taint in the process. 



76. Machwas. — The Katnagiri machwas went out only for 30J 

 days. The catches were very poor and were sometimes delivered at 

 the cannery and sometimes at Tanur. The total quantity of fish 

 delivered to the cannery by these machwas was 3,096 J lb. valued at 

 Es. 124. The fishing from these machwas may therefore be regarded 

 as a failure. As I have mentioned elsewhere, I am inclined to think 

 that the practice of paying the crew fixed daily wages may have 

 contributed to this result as the crew had no special inducement to 

 bring in good catches. 



General. 



77. The staff have in almost all cases discharged their duties 

 well and displayed a great interest in their work. 



78. The usual statistics are appended. 



A. Y. a. CAMPBELL, 



l%th Septemher 1920. Director of Fisheries. 



