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on for several seasons, what the extent of deep-sea fishing 

 actualities are and what the limitations. As the first step 

 towards this I would recommend the building of two fishing 

 luggers each of 15 tons register, one to be built and rigged to 

 the design of a herring drifter already obtained from Messrs. 

 John Tyrrell & Sons, Arklow, through the courtesy of the 

 Rev. W. S. Green, c.b., Department of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries, Ireland, the other to be built on the lines of a Tuti- 

 corin cargo boat, modified in certain particulars such as increas- 

 ing the beam, giving either a full or a half deck, and the 

 addition of a small mizzen as a help in steering and lying to 

 the wind when riding to drift nets. 



Ennore. 

 Ust December 1908. 



