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Pulicat. A second report (Bulletin No. 6) on " Marine 

 Fish Farming," also based on his tour in France and 

 Italy, is before Government. He visited Bengal and 

 Eastern Bengal on chank service and has reported 

 results and made suggestions now before Government, 

 while a further report on the technical and artistic aspects 

 of the industry has been in active preparation. His 

 advice on many practical matters especially regarding 

 the proposed Inspection .Schooner, fishing possibilities, 

 etc., has been of great value to myself and to enquirers. 



Mr. V. Govindan, b.a., f.z.s., continued as my Personal 

 Assistant and rendered extremely valuable service of a 

 character which, perhaps, only himself, as an Indian 

 thoroughly acquainted with the fisher-folk, their work, 

 and their needs, and deeply interested therein, could fully 

 render, viz., in conversing and arguing familiarly with 

 the various classes, informing and persuading them 

 regarding new methods of fishing, curing, manufactur- 

 ing, and co-operating, as well as in ascertaining and 

 reporting their needs, ideas, objections and difficulties ; 

 he has also carried out demonstrations of a practical 

 character in the fish-oil and guano business, and much 

 of the success which is attending the development of 

 this new industry is due to him. He has also directly 

 assisted me in the numerous details of my work as 

 Director. 



Cannanore Experimental Station. 



5. The main operations carried on here were — 



(i) the preparation of dried salt fish of superior 

 quality ; 



(2) the treatment offish, large and small, by pick- 

 ling ; 



(3) the preparation of lightly cured fish ; 



(4) miscellaneous ; 



(5) the manufacture offish-oil and guano from the 

 oil-sardine {C/npea longiceps). 



6. Dried salt fish. — The fish was mostly obtained, 

 as in 1909-10, by hiring two Ratnagiri boats. The 

 season, October to Decen^ber, was extremely bad for 

 driftnet fishing owing to the protraction of the south-west 

 monsoon ; the two boats fished for only 49 and 42 days 

 respectively and obtained only 22,307 lb. (10 tons) of 



