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we offered simplified courses in navigation to meet the needs 

 of those operating not far from shore. On the Pacific coast 

 there are approximately 1,000 power boats that are used as 

 cannery tenders and in connection with the other fisheries. 

 Each one must have a captain and an engineer, so we also offer 

 courses in marine gas engineering. Also we offer a course in 

 first aid to the injured. Most of our fishermen carry on their 

 work far away from home; doctors are scarce, and conse- 

 quently there is frequent need to treat injuries of various types. 



We have a rule that regular students must, if possible, en- 

 gage in some branch of the fisheries during their vacation, and 

 we aid them in securing such positions. The student draws a 

 regular salary while employed in this work; that is one thing 

 that we have always insisted upon, as we think that the laborer 

 is worthy of his hire. Every student we had last year, with 

 the exception of two, participated in fishery work during the 

 vacation period. Many of them took up work in connection 

 with the inspection service of the National Canners' Associa- 

 tion in Alaska ; others were employed in different plants. Our 

 rule is that if a student is employed this year in a salmon can- 

 nery, doing inside work, next year he must take up some other 

 line of fishery work. He is expected to spend one summer of 

 the four in a hatchery. 



There are 36 salmon and trout hatcheries in the State of 

 Washington owned and operated by the state, and seven owned 

 and operated by the United States Bureau of Fisheries. In ad- 

 dition to these, a number of the counties have fish and game 

 commissions, and a few of them operate small hatcheries; there 

 are also five or six private hatcheries. With all of these we 

 have a considerable demand for men, but we find our chief 

 demand coming from outside our own country. We have had 

 inquiries from a number of countries in Asia, and from South 

 America. 



Students who will enroll this quarter come from Siberia, 

 Japan, China, Mexico and Canada, and from a number of 



