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^300> * i" order to ensure the keeping a stock offish free 

 from taint for some days so as to maintain several days' 

 supply of fish in perfect order ; at present fish go bad 

 within 24 hours so that the factory must stop work 

 whenever fish are not caught in the immediate vicinity. 

 For a similar reason floating chests or pens for live 

 sardine may be hereafter advisable. But these items may 

 also stand over till next year, and are only mentioned so 

 that the whole probable cost may be roughly estimated 

 from the beginning ,ind that Government may know 

 what expenditure is contemplated.! 



* A smaller refrigerating plant, costing with oil engine completed, under .^150 

 has been obtained and set up (1915) at Beypore where it should be at work by 

 June. 



t The above proposals were all sanctioned by the Government of Madras in 

 G.O. 2267, Revenue, of the 17th August 1908, with the suggestion that failing 

 successful negotiations with M. Josselin, an independent Government cannery 

 should be arranged for. Negotiations, however, for various reasons, especially the 

 pressure of other work, were not attempted and eventually a Government cannery 

 was opened. 



Order— No. 2267, Revenue, dated i/th August 1908. 



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2. The Government agree with Sir F. Nicholson 

 that every endeavour should be made to make more 

 widely known the value of fish manure and to extend its 

 use by the agricultural community. They consider that 

 thorough experiments with this fertilizer should be made 

 at the Central Farm, Coimbatore, and they approve of 

 Sir F. Nicholson's proposal that prizes should be 

 offered on the prize-field system for crops raised with 

 the aid of this manure. The Board of Revenue is 

 accordingly requested to offer its remarks on the best 

 methods of giving effect to this and the other suggestions 

 contained in paragraph 9 of Sir F. Nicholson's letter. 



3. The Government also approve of Sir F. Nichol- 

 son's proposal to make experiments at or near Telli- 

 cherry in curing sardine, mackerel and other classes of 

 fish by means of the processes specified in paragraph 10 

 of the letter. 



