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considered necessary for fish properlj salted ; the rate for salmon and 

 trout seems in this case excessive. 



97. When duty-paid salt has been used drawbacks may be granted 

 at the following rates : — 



Herring or mackerel salted and exported Rs. 1-2-0 per 133 lb. 

 of herring and mackerel in brine (jjickled), As. 12 of salted herring 

 (probably dried and salted) ; salted salmon obtains a drawback of 

 Rs. 1-4-0, trout Rs. 1-8-0, cod and whale As. 12, fur-seal Re. 1, 

 whether exported or not. These drawbacks may be obtained in the 

 case of exported goods by presenting an application to the Custom 

 house with the necessary papers proving export ; in cases where the 

 fishing takes places without the empire, proof of the use of the salt 

 must be gi-ven by presenting papers (article XXIY) to the Salt oflBce 

 having jurisdiction over the place of salting, stating the quantity of 

 the catch, the fishing ground, salting place, and destination of the 

 goods, and the goods must be submitted for examination. As 

 regards the use of such salt in places out of the empire, e.g., when 

 duty-paid salt is taken on fishing boats to China or Korea, Siberia, 

 etc., the following provision is in force ; (article XXV). " If a person 

 engaged in fishing in deep-sea in a foreign country or on the coast 



thereof 5 desires to claim any of the drawbacks he shall, 



before he sets out to fish, present to the Salt office having jurisdiction 

 over the port of departure, a declaration stating the name of the vessel, 

 the poi'ts of call, the fishing ground, and the quantity of salt on board, 

 and submit to the examination of the said salt. The person who has 



made the declaration shall upon return to port proceed 



to the locality where the Salt office to which the declaration was made 

 is situated or to a place named by the Salt office, present an application 

 corresponding to that prescribed in the preceding (article XXIV) and 

 submit to the examination of the catch and the salt remaining.^' 



The above provisions are quoted as confirming the suggestions 

 made in my West Coast report for permitting boats to take duty-free 

 salt to sea. * 



It will be seen that the Japanese rules are in one great respect 

 not so liberal as the Madras Fishery yard rules which issue cheap salt 

 for all fish salted in the yards whether for domestic consumption or 

 for export, this being equivalent to permitting, j3>*o tanto, the consump- 

 tion of cheap salt in food.f 



* Since the above was written the Government of Madras has granted the concession 

 Buggestbd in that Report, viz., that boats proceeding to sea may, under certain conditions, 

 take salt practically at duty-free rates, for the preservation ot the catches at tea. This 

 should in itself give a strong impetus to the trade and industry, viz., by promoting the 

 building of good sea-boats capable of keeping the sea comfortably for many days together , 

 with a possibility therefore of real deep-sea hshing and of bringing in the catches whether 

 of one or more days old, in a perfectly sound, untainted condition. 



t See footnote above relative to the amount of salt actually contained in salt fish as 

 placed otthe market. 



