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(i;) Miscellaneous, including — 



(a) enquiries in England in 19 14 for a master fisher- 



man and mate, for hardened oils, for chank 

 cutting- plant, refrigerating plant, additional 

 canning plant, etc.; 



(b) work on the Colair lake fish-farming project ; 



(c) the consideration and publication of certain re- 



strictive measures in fresh- water areas, streams 

 and channels ; 



(</) investigations in various areas (Coorg, S. Kanara, 

 the Palnis, etc.) of fresh water conditions and 

 possibilities ; 



(e) the supply of trout ova from the Nilgiris to other 

 waters ; 

 (/) preparation of a list of tanks containing perma- 

 nent waters ; 



Qj) tours by all officers of scientific and practical 

 investigation ; 



{/i) scientific researches and the supply of speci- 

 mens for educational purposes ; 



(/') the training of students from Baroda and 

 Travancore in fishery operations in view to 

 their appointment as fishery experts in. their 

 own States ; 



(y) the reorganization of the non-gazetted staft 

 in view to an increase in numbers and 

 status ; 



(>^) bottle drift experiments in connection with 

 pearl oyster operations ; 



(/) preparation of various statistics ; 



(w) work in connection with the social and econo- 

 mic condition of the fishing classes ; 



(/O consideration of the plans for a fishery 

 steamer ; 



(o) consideration of the plans for the new Marine 

 Aquarium^and Biological Station ; 



(^) feeding cattle with dried fish ; 



((/) correspondence with British canning firms ; 



(r) refrigeration ; 



(s) issue of bulletins. 

 These matters are dealt with below. 



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