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observers and readily disseminated by the press or other- 

 wise ; the city is a centre of industrial and business enter- 

 prise and capital which will be able to adopt and push 

 successful fishery and curing methods ; there is a harbour 

 in which any experimental vessels, such as steam trawlers, 

 can shelter ; hardy and expert fishermen are numerous, 

 and the local agencies for placing fish on the market are 

 experienced and eager to adopt ascertained improve- 

 ments, especially in methods of bringing fish fresh and 

 expediting its transit ; the local market for fresh fish is 

 unlimited, while, as the head-quarters of two main rail- 

 ways, experiments in the consignment of fresh fish to 

 Bangalore and other distant markets can readily be 

 undertaken ; as a city where custom is less binding than 

 in the districts, the market for new products such as 

 pickled or smoked fish, could be tested and the taste for 

 such goods diffused. I, therefore, suggest Madras ; it 

 is possible, however, that a sub-station for canning will 

 have to be started in a locality where sardine are more 

 abundant." 



I think it quite clear from the sketch given above 

 that, in view to co-operative eftort, publicity, etc., 

 Madras is the place indicated for first effort. At Ennore 

 the Public Works bungalow with 5-I acres of compound 

 is admirably situated ; it lies within a few hundred yards 

 of the bar ; the sea is within 100 yards on one side and 

 the backwater within 10 yards on the other, while a 

 large and powerful kuppam (fishing hamlet) is within 

 200 yards ; Ennore itself is within half an hour of 

 Madras by rail and 10 or 12 miles by road, and is fre- 

 quented by fish merchants from Madras and fishermen 

 from Pulicat, etc. ; the canal also runs from Pulicat and 

 the north to Madras via the backwater, affording oppor- 

 tunity for small oil launches ; possibly also for live 

 ''cars," save that near Madras it is too filthy for safety, 

 so that Ennore is the effective terminus. Ennore fulfils 

 the requirements mentioned earlier in this paragraph, 

 and as the Public Works bungalow is to be abandoned 

 as such, I have proposed it to Government and ic has 

 been transferred to the fisheries department as the site 

 for the experimental station."^* 



* Ennore was soon abandoned as unsuitable ; the proximity of the great 

 Madras market for fish prevented the station from buying fish which moreover, 

 was only captured in moderate quantity. The opea beach with its heavy surf also 

 orohibited the use of boats other than catamarans. 



