begin deep-sea work with their aid, though it is barely 

 possible to get fishing data intelligently logged by the 

 skippers, or the fish sufficiently well treated on board. 

 Hence with Government sanction two boats with 

 nets, etc., were bought by the Assistant Director, 

 too late for use during the past season but now ready 

 for immediate work when it is hoped with our own 

 trained crews, (i) to explore to some extent the deeper 

 waters up to the lOO fathom limit, (2) to obtain a 

 supply of the larger sorts of fish for the cannery and 

 curing yard, (3) to pay special attention to the where- 

 abouts of shoal fish (sardines, mackerel, etc.) when not 

 found inshore, (4) to experiment in the better treatment, 

 temporary preservation, etc., of fish on board, (5) to 

 eno-aee in other miscellaneous duties such as those of 

 carriers. 



18. Work of the Pisci cultural Expert {Mr. H. C. 

 Wilson). — This was, as usual, entirely on the fresh waters 

 of the Presidency; the chief items are catalogued in 

 paragraph 4 supra, and the details will be found in 

 Appendix I which contains the bulk of a report written 

 for this annual report. A further summary would be 

 useless ; moreover where, as in this and in Mr. Hornell's 

 report, there is so much of interest, even in the details, 

 it appears useful to publish the whole of the two reports 

 rather than a summary, it being, however, understood 

 that where there may be debatable matter rather than 

 facts, the opinions or expectations expressed are not 

 necessarily accepted by the Director. It may be men- 

 tioned (though the result belongs to the current year) 

 that the considerable consignments of gourami [Ospkro- 

 menus olfax) both from Mauritius and from Java (see para- 

 graph 9 of Mr. Wilson's report), were most successfully 

 transported to Madras and both batches are doing well ; 

 this introduction should be highly useful in the course of 

 a few years. The Mauritius consignment was prepared 

 and despatched entirely by the care and courtesy of the 

 Government of Mauritius to whom our cordial thanks 

 are due and have been sent. The other batch was 

 personally collected and conducted by Mr. Wilson who 

 went to Java^where the fish are indigenous — for the 

 purpose, and by the kind assistance of the authorities 



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