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10. I would therefore make the following proposals, 

 viz., that Government should create a small bureau of 

 fisheries, consisting of a Director, with a subordinate 

 staff which should for the present consist of an assistant, 

 two sub-assistants, four clerks and four peons. In 

 my letter No. 88 (e) of this date, I have proposed ihat 

 three students should be sent to study at the Imperial 

 Fisheries Institute in Japan (see also paragraphs 216, 

 etc., of my Japanese report) ; these men will form the 

 earlier experts of the proposed bureau, but except so 

 far as provided from my present office, they need 

 not be brought at present on to the strength of the 

 establishment. 



11. The work in the immediate future will he^a) 

 experimental, (d) observational, (c) compilatory, and 

 (d) clerical. In the first three sections my assistant will 

 be engaged as mentioned in my letter stating my pro- 

 gramme for this year ; he will experiment in the fresh- 

 water hatcheries, he will go on tours of observation and 

 enquiry, and he will compile all the matter available on 

 fresh water fisheries ; as the work develops he will take 

 up other duties including those of supervision of all 

 cultural operations and of instruction and suggestion to 

 the public. 



Order— No. 734, Revenue, dated ist April 1907. 



I. The Government accept generally Sir F. Nichol- 

 son's proposals as to the formation of a fishery bureau. 

 They consider that the appointments he suggests are 

 suitable and may be permanently created with effect from 

 1st April 1907, the pay of the assistant being fixed at 

 Rs. 175 — 5 — 200 per mensem. The Government of 

 India will accordingly be moved to sanction the creation 

 from that date of the following appointments : — 



One Assistant on a salary of Rs. 175-5-200 per 

 mensem. 



Two Sub-Assistants on a salary of Rs. 50-5-75 

 each per mensem. 



One Clerk and Typist on a salary of Rs. 30 per 

 mensem, 



