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Institute has its own laboratories and workshops, its culture ponds, its 

 fishing vessels and boats, and everything necessary for turning out 

 instructed and practical men, while it has the use of or entree to other 

 factories and stations where its students can get further knowledge. 

 Moreover it seems that its graduates will soon be able to take a high 

 scientific course at the University (see footnote to paragraph 49), and 

 in any case there are now special post-graduate and pelagic courses. 



223. The Institute is no mere school ; it embodies the " mente 

 manuque " principle of the late lamented Cooper's Hill, but with more 

 attention to practical work than even that college gave. I know of no 

 other institution in the world where men are thus trained in the science 

 and technique of the industry; Dr. Smith (U.S.A.) also says that it is 

 unique; nations such as the United States, Great Britain, Canada, 

 and the European countries do not require such institutions owing to 

 the advanced condition of the industry and the universality of wealthy 

 private enterprise, while less advanced countries have not thought of 

 them : Japan has created the institution to meet the special needs of 

 her industry. At present there is not sufficient scope for such an 

 Institute in India ; the persons interested are not generally advanced 

 or eager enough for such education ; hence it will suffice to utilize, if 

 so permitted by the Japanese Government, an existing though foreign 

 institution for the purpose of training a few men who wiU become the 

 teachers and experts of Government stations and institutions or the 

 managers and assistants in private concerns. The Japanese Institute 

 is thoroughly practical, and since the processes involved are compara- 

 tively simple, passed students are well able to carry out personally or 

 to teach and supervise the ordinary labours of fishermen, curing 

 factories, or culture grounds. 



224, It is therefore proposed that enquiries shall at once be made 

 in Tokyo whether students will be admitted to the several courses of 

 the Imperial Fisheries Institute, and if so, that Government shall send 

 three students forthwith for a complete course, one in the catching 

 branch, one in the preserving (curing, canning, etc.) branch, and one 

 in the culture branch. It will be remembered that each course lasts 

 three years and that a student can only take up one course at a time ; 

 hence the necessity for three students simultaneously. But as the 

 courses are intended for youths of moderate education (Middle School), 

 much of the work would not be required by Madras University gradu- 

 ates whom alone I would propose, and in that case they would prob- 

 ably be allowed through in two years from next September when they 

 would have to enter. 



Details regarding negotiations with the Japanese authorities, 

 stipend, etc., etc., will be found in one of the letters which accompany 

 this note, and further proposals will hereafter be made for subsequent 

 btitches of students. 



