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Towards this the society applied for a State grant of Kr. 21,350 

 (Rs. 16,012). 



What the Director of Fisheries eventually budgeted for was 

 the following : — 



KR. 



Administration ... ... ... ... ... 6,000 



Fishery Museum ... ... ... ... ... 3,000 



Library ... ... ... ... ... ... 600 



Oyster and shell-fish culture ... ... ... 2,800 



Development of the fishery in Vestland ... ... 2,000 



Travelling expenses ... ... ... ... 1,000 



Instruction in fishery subjects at the Seamen's 



school ... . . ,,, ... ... ... 600 



Experiments in storing and transport of fresh fish. 1,400 

 Crab-fishing development and crab-canning as 



a home-industry ... ... ... ... 500 



Fish cookery propaganda ... ... ... 2,500 



Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... ... 600 



BS. 



Kr. 21,000 = 15,750 



But the above subjects do not exhaust the activities of this 

 society, for perhaps its most useful role lies in the preparation and 

 publication of a monthly fishery journal called the Norsk Fiskeri- 

 tidcude ("Norwegian Fishery News ")• This journal, prepared by 

 the publishing Committee of a private society, is able to treat of 

 matters with a freedom impossible in a Government office, in spite 

 of the fact that the expenses of printing are borne by the 

 State. It is able for example to discuss fishery subjects in an 

 informal and popular way. and to incorporate notes that may be of 

 interest and value to the trade but which in a staid Governmental 

 publication might seem trivial and out of place, A private body 

 is able to treat the advertisement question in a way impossible in 

 a State department and the same applies to the means often 

 needful to employ in securing a wide circle of readers. It is 

 notorious that the average person has an innate horror of any 

 Government publication ; so many are dull and prosy in the treat- 

 ment of their subject matter that the exceptions are overlooked 

 and all are usually avoided and unread by the multitude. To 

 give a clear idea of the extent to which these local Norwegian 



