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productive use of their money or credit, and therefore 

 readily got rid of any surplus cash. The temperance 

 society is one oi young men, and strange and sad to say, 

 the most bitter opponents of their resolution are said to 

 be the parents, including the mothers ; temperance is a 

 departure from hereditary custom and all departures 

 from custom are, in their eyes, bad. 



Apart from general economic, social, and moral 

 considerations, there is peculiar need on the West Coast 

 for co-operation, since the development of the fishing 

 industry in general depends upon the syndication of men 

 and capital, while, as the season under report has shown, 

 in the new guano and oil industry it is of the greatest 

 importance to unite co-operatively a number of small 

 manufacturers w^ho will combine their small parcels of 

 produce and place them on the market in large parcels ; 

 this will be for the benefit of both manufacturer, middle- 

 men, and consumer. 



I hope to see much propagandist work done during 

 the next few years, especially by the aid of my Assistant 

 Mr. V. Govindan, who, himself a West Coast man, adds 

 devotion to knowledge and experience, and enjoys the 

 confidence of the people. 



General. 



27. A notable visit of enquiry was that of an official 

 deputation from Eastern Bengal and Assam to study 

 our methods. The student from Travancore mentioned 

 last year again spent the season at the station and has 

 now returned to Travancore intending to take up the 

 business, especially that of oil and guano. An exhibit 

 of the experimental station products, viz., dried salt fish, 

 smoked fish, and oil and guano, was sent to the Allaha- 

 bad Exhibition and earned a gold medal. The bulletins 

 of the department were issued to about 150 of the 

 scientific societies and fishery institutions of the world, 

 and in exchange the department is receiving numerous 

 valuable publications. Mr. Hornell has also issued 

 biological specimens to various institutions and persons 

 such as the British Museum and Indian Museum, but 

 his ability to do so is very limited owing to the entire 

 want of a biological station or laboratory. 



In repeating the second part of paragraph 24 of the 

 report for 1909-19 10 I may call special attention to the 



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