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not connected with the Fisheries Department ; the schools or 

 colleges under this officer are located in the principal sea-ports ' 

 like all educational centres in Norway where the newest and most 

 conspicuous building in any town or village is nearly always the 

 local college or school, the naval colleges are admirably staffed 

 and equipped. 



For the instruction of fishermen in the theory and practice of 

 marine-motor technique, the services of a teacher from the School 

 of Engineering are requisitioned. The importance of this subject 

 is appreciated so keenly that the Fishery Council in the discussion 

 on the 1920-21 budget pressed for an increased appropriation on 

 this head and eventually a sum of Kr. 50,000 was voted by Parlia- 

 ment for more numerous courses in motor instruction. It is signifi- 

 cant of the foresight of the Norwegians that in the same year 

 Kr. 60,000 (Rs. 45,000) was voted to the Agricultural Department 

 for instruction, demonstration and experiment in the application 

 of the internal combustion motor in its different forms and pur- 

 poses to agricultural needs. The Fisheries Department has now 

 amplified its methods in a similar direction and is experimenting 

 with perambulating motor-instruction boats, in which the teachers 

 will be able to visit the most out-of-the-way fishing villages. 



The navigation course extends over a period of two months ; 

 that on motor management usually for one month ; the latter may 

 however be shortened if necessary by having the demonstrations 

 and lectures at closer intervals. 



The fact that the item of Kr. 8l,000 provided in the budget 

 of 1920-21 for the education of fishermen in navigation and motor 

 work is raised to Kr. 107,200 in that for 1921-22 is evidence of 

 the importance attached to the subjects taught and the energy 

 with which extension of facilities is being prosecuted. Diplomas 

 are given by the department to those who pass at the examinations 

 held to test the proficiency attained by the students in these 

 courses of navigation and motor technique. 



In addition to the courses of instruction in these subjects 

 given by the teachers employed directly by the department, 

 important work in the same subjects is carried on by several 

 of the larger and more important fisheries societies, largely 

 with the help of generous subsidies from the department. These 

 grants are almost entirely given conditionally for specific purposes, 

 and among these the teaching of navigation and of motor 



