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This one loom will make nets faster and better than 

 a whole group of village netters, and will supply the 

 experimental station with its ness, will serve as a pattern 

 plant for others who may wish to invest in such machines 

 (we have had enquirers on the coast), and will enable 

 us to instruct apprentices in the working of the most 

 useful machines. 



I therefore ask sanction for buying one hand-worked 

 netting loom and accessories at an approximate cost 

 of ^200 plus freight, from Messrs. Richard Samson of 

 Bridport.* 



17. Deep-sea fishing. — I reserve my recommendation 

 on this essential matter till I return to India in January, 

 as it does not involve immediate purchases, merely 

 premising that by " deep-sea fishing," I here mean the 

 charter or purchase of a large sailing boat, of say 50 

 or 60 tons, for use as indicated in paragraphs 7 to 18 of 

 my letter No. 55 of May 1908, with our existing motor 

 boat (" Pearl ") as a carrier to the same. The master 

 fisherman whose employment has already been sanctioned 

 by Government, will skipper this boat, which will not be 

 an expensive craft like the new inspecti"on schooner, but 

 a plain teak-built boat, built on the East Coast at about 

 Rs. 150 per ton, all told, exclusive of nets. 



18. I therefore request the very early sanction of 

 Government — 



(i) for a present expenditure of about ^1,400 

 (Rs. 21,000) payable partly out of the current budget, 

 partly out of that (lump allotment; for 191 3-14, on 

 new up-to-date plant and accommodation for can-making 

 and canning, light curing, pickling, refrigerating, and 

 net-making ; 



(2) for permission to work the experimental station 

 in all branches as an industrial concern but only — 



[a) until the products have created an effective 

 demand for themselves ; 



[b) until private enterprise has seriously and 

 effectively taken up the supply of such products ; and 



(r) until we have thoroughly instructed so many 

 students and manufacturers in the various operations 

 that the new fishery industry can march by itself free 

 from the monopolies due to trade secrecy, and from the 



* Obtained and set up in Tannr experimental station. 



