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more than countervail any extra weight. The long Hnes 

 are, on this coast, a noveky but are perfectly simple in 

 use and a couple of men will be sent over to the West 

 'Coast to learn their use as well as other catching methods, 

 and British modifications will then be added. As 

 mentioned in paragraph 68, I hope to get men trained at 

 Calcutta in trawlino- methods. As for the ofuttino- and 

 cleaning operations on board they will be only those 

 which are carried out on land with the antiseptic 

 additions suggested by knowledge. The live-well, chest, 

 or car, will be purely novelties but so simple that a child 

 can learn and practise their use ; they will not even need 

 inculcation or instruction as they will commend them- 

 selves at a glance. 



I propose then after obtaining the necessary boats to 

 appoint a boat crew whom I will select from Madras 

 boat and fishermen with a serano- accustomed to the class 

 of boat ; the crew of the second boat will, of course, be 

 selected (and paid) by the co-operating firm of whom I 

 have spoken. For the petrol or paraffin dinghy one 

 engine hand will be needed who can be obtained in 

 Madras. 



JO. As regards cirring ; this is a current industry, as 

 regards salting and drying, all round our coasts, and it 

 will be easy to draw two or three men from, say, Adiram- 

 patam (where there Is more varied curing than elsewhere) 

 to start operations. These will be instructed, with local 

 men, in the ideas and methods which it is sought to 

 introduce, and a couple of the more intelligent will be 

 taken with a Sub-assistant next November or December 

 to learn West Coast methods, especially at Malpe where 

 the Ratnao'iri men work. 



Similar men will be selected to carry out, under my 

 own or Assistant's supervision, such further develop- 

 ments as I have indicated in matters of drying, smoking, 

 wet salting, the use of turmeric, the application of preser- 

 vatives and preservative methods ; there is nothing that 

 cannot be here carried out without special experts, 

 except a special hand for the electrolyser for whom 

 application will be made to the Madras Electric Works. 

 A couple of oil-engine hands will also be needed ; these 

 can easily be obtained in Madras. 



