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Madras as the most generally convenient and suitable 

 working centre. 



5. The staff, additional to that of the Fisheries 

 Department, which we consider requisite for the working 

 of the main institution in Madras is as follows :~ 



One Zoological Assistant and one Chemical Assist- 

 ant, each on a salary of Rs. 1 00-5-1 50, one Research 

 Fellow employed upon fishery investigation (tenable by 

 graduates of the Madras University) on Rs. 50 per 

 mensem, together with a subordinate staff of two door- 

 keepers, one engineer, one engineer's assistant, three 

 laboratory and aquarium attendants, two fishermen, 

 one gardener and one sweeper. This staff as shown 

 in the annexure will involve an expenditure of Rs. 5,640 

 per annum. In the same annexure the estimated cost 

 of upkeep and contingencies is shown as Rs. 6,660 per 

 annum, being a total annual expenditure of Rs. 12,300 

 in round figures. 



Order— No. 756, Revenue, dated 13TH March 191 3. 



The Government have for some time past had under 

 their consideration the necessity of enlarging the scope 

 of the Marine Aquarium in Madras and of providing 

 additional facilities for research work in Marine Biology 

 and allied subjects to meet the growing needs of the 

 Department of Fisheries, and of students and others 

 interested in such research. In January 191 1, 

 Mr. Hornell was directed to draw up in consultation 

 with the Superintendent, Government Museum, a 

 scheme for the internal arrangements of a new Aquarium, 

 which it was proposed to construct, and in his letter, 

 dated 31st May 191 1, Sir F. Nicholson submitted to 

 Government his suscsestions as to the scientific, educa- 

 tional and practical requirements for which the new 

 Aquarium should provide. He also suggested that 

 the combined Aquarium and Biological station which 

 he thus proposed to institute should be placed under 

 the control of the Fisheries Department, which should 

 be accommodated in the building, and that provision 

 for a laboratory, a technical museum and library should 

 be made. The Government accordingly appointed a 

 Committee composed of four officers of the Fisheries 



