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carrenb allotment for bailJiagS; plant, etc., is Rs. 2 lakhs ; men will be 

 tborouglily trained here theoretically as well as practically, and some 

 will then be regularly sent to Europe for further study of practice 

 and institutions. Such men will form the experts of the future. 



FISHERY SCHOOLS UNDER THE EDUCATIONAL 

 DEPARTMENT. 



74. Of these there are eight or nine regular schools all taught bj 

 men trained at the Fishery Institute ; three (or four) were established 

 by the Prefecture (district), three by counties (taluks), one by a town, 

 and one by a village ; there are no schools directly established or paid 

 for by Government from Imperial Establishment funds, but grants- 

 in-aid are given to the above schools. The fishery instructors in these 

 schools have all been trained at the Imperial Institute. 



75. The schools are regulated by an edict of August 1899 which 

 provides that they shall be paid for from district funds allotted to the 

 improvement of industries ; that there shall only be one in each district 

 but with any number of branch schools ; that the three branches of 

 fishino-, preserving; and culture shall be taught, with accessory 

 subjects such as zoology, botany, chemistry, physics, mathematics, 

 meteorology, drawing, physical geography, etc. ; that the Prefect may- 

 order the school experts to itinerate in order to give lectures or 

 courses or to make enquiries; that the course shall be at least two 

 years; that the permission of the Minister (Agriculture and Com- 

 merce) shall be obtained before opening or closing the school, and 

 that annual reports shall be sent in. 



This brief edict was supplemented by orders of procedure issued by 

 the Minister, according to which the ordinary course must be of three 

 years but may be shortened to two or extended to five when condi- 

 tions require it. Lecture hours shall be 27 per week, with practical 

 work at the discretion of the principal; subjects shall be those 

 mentioned above with the addition of morals (universal in Japanese 

 schools), Japanese, law and economics, and gymnastics ; some of these 

 may be omitted except morals and the subjects relating direct to the 

 industry. History, foreign languages, book-keeping, singing, etc., 

 may be added. 



76. In the regular fishing course the curriculum for jishing 

 embraces the outlines of fishing, catching, marine zoology and botany, 

 navigation, boat building, meteorology, oceanography, ship hygiene, 

 emergency methods, etc., for i^reserving, the outlines oi fishing, pre- 

 serving, marine zoology and botany, bacteriology (outlines), chemical 

 analysis, outlines of mechanics, etc., for culture, outlines of fishing, 

 cultivation, marine zoology and botany, outlines of embryology, etc. 

 Apparently a school does not necessarily or ordinarily teach all 



