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(3) the deputation of three students to Japan to 

 learn the methods of catching and curing fish there 

 followed so as to provide the expert staff required to 

 carry on the work connected with the Fishery station 

 and inland hatcheries mentioned above. 



3. The Government approve generally of the first 

 two proposals and sanction the leasing of a house in 

 Madras for such period as Sir Frederick Nicholson 

 considers necessary to enable M.R.Ry. V. V. Ramanan 

 to conduct experiments in fish culture, the necessary 

 details being submitted for approval of Government. 

 Sir Frederick Nicholson will doubtless make further 

 enquiries in his forthcoming tour in Europe, America 

 and Japan regarding the plant required for the Fishery 

 station and will submit detailed proposals and estimates. 



4. With regard to the proposal to send students to 

 Japan, the Government fear that the students would be 

 unable to obtain in the short time at their disposal 

 sufficient knowledge of the Japanese language to enable 

 them to profit by the instruction given. Sir Frederick 

 Nicholson recognizes this difficulty and the Government, 

 after careful consideration, are of opinion that it would 

 not be wise, without further information, to send 

 students to Japan, and that if possible they should be 

 sent at any rate in the first instance to England or 

 America.'"' Sir Frederick Nicholson will accordingly be 

 requested to make further enquiries during his coming- 

 tour as to whether the desired training cannot be 

 obtained in those countries. 



* The idea of sending students to Japan was abandoned ; the chief reasons 

 were the language and other difficulties, and— mainly— the fact that in November 

 1907 Mr. H. C. Wilaon was appointed as PiscicuUural expert, and in 1908 

 Mr. James Hornell, f.l.s., was also brought in as Marine Biologist and Assistant 

 and Superintendent of the Pearl and Chank Fisheries. With these experts in 

 the department and with the several experimental stations, fish farms, hatcheries, 

 etc., in operation it was felt that students could be trained within the Presidency. 



