THE FISHERIES OF CHINA. 373 
number of salt-water fishing vessels is in round numbers 200,000, one-fifth of 
which hover on the coast of Chékiang Province. 
The canning and preserving in other ways of fish after new and improved 
methods is growing gradually into importance. In Canton, in particular, it is 
becoming a valuable industry. 
Such in brief is the state of the fisheries of our country. The activities of 
the bureau, you will notice, have been confined to the practical rather than 
the scientific side. There is a great deal more to be done, but at present its 
usefulness has been circumscribed by the lack of funds and of competent men. 
So many new measures are being introduced that necessarily the energies and 
resources of the Empire have been very much divided. 
In attending this congress my colleagues and I have had it impressed 
on us to gather as much information as possible, to visit the various centers 
of fish culture, and to meet the leading scientists and experts engaged in the 
work, from whom we expect much assistance and with whom we hope to work 
together in the future. 
