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regrettable as the local open boats, though taken as far out as 30 

 miles and more, are easily upset and dangerous, and an improved 

 sailing boat would be a most useful object lesson ; the principal even 

 ventures to hope for an auxiliary motor-boat in the near future. New 

 classes of nets are not taught as the locality is advanced in that respect 

 and the bottom is not suitable for trawling. 



80. As regards 'preservation, there is a canning factory attached to 

 the school where all are trained ; uhe pickling of fish in salt or brine, 

 a process not at all usual in Japan where fish are dried rather than 

 pickled, is also taught, as well as the manufacture of iodine. Being of 

 a small type there is no steam engine or steam boiler and consequently 

 no steam cooker; all canning is done by ordinary boiling at 212° F. 

 All apparatus, on a small scale, is provided for making and closing cans. 



81. The local fishermen only go far out to sea to catch bonito 

 which they boil — the first process in bonito preservation — on board. 

 Salt is not used to keep fish on board from tainting, but natural ice 

 is sometimes availed of. The chief local trade is :n fresh fish sent on 

 by train to Tokyo (some hours distant) and in bonito. 



82. Pisciculture is at present only taught from books as there are 

 no ponds ; next year this defect will be remedied. There is a very 

 good little museum which the principal is eager in improving. 



83. The cost of the school is paid partly by the town and partly 

 from Prefectural funds. 



84. ISupplemeniari/ Fishing Schools under the Educational Depart- 

 ment. — To a large number of primary and some other schools have, 

 of late years, been attached continuation or supplementary schools of 

 an industrial character, as described in the Report on Agriculture. 

 About 36 of these are fishery schools, and up to 1903, 161 youths 

 graduated from them. The Regulation of 1902 applicable to supple- 

 mentary schools in general lays down that the duration of the course,, 

 subjects, hours of teaching, shall be settled according to need, but 

 shall be suited to the class of students and the nature of the industry ; 

 morals, Japanese, arithmetic, and subjects pertaining to the industry 

 shall be taught ; the second and third subjects may be omitted for 

 others. Students should be above ten years of age and have passed 

 at least four years at a primary school. The precise subjects for a 

 supplementary fishing school are not laid down in the Regulation, 

 but that they are fall and suitable may be judged by the curriculum 

 in the agricultural schools of this class (see report). 



85. Fishing Schools attached to Experimental Stations or independ- 

 ent. — These are under ' Agriculture ' and not under * Education.' One 

 of these schools and its work are described above, paragraph 47, 

 S.V., Isohama Experimental Station. The following details are for a 

 school independent of a station, which was established in 1898 to teach 

 elenientari/ science relating to fisheries with practical work ; the regular 



