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Sometimes our practical men have thought they knew much more 

 about such matters than our scientific men. 



Also, it was a part of our newer ideas to establish fish aquaria 

 and museums, and to establish schools or courses in schools that 

 would teach practical and scientific methods concerning our 

 fisheries. Ten and a half years ago our first school was estab- 

 lished in Tientsin, China, and shortly afterwards schools were 

 organized in three other cities, two of them in the southern part 

 of China and one in the northern part. It is our earnest hope 

 that we may shortly establish more schools in various provinces 

 and in various parts of the several provinces — not only schools, 

 but industrial institutes to teach the industrial and commercial 

 work incident to fisheries. It is a part of the work of these schools 

 to instruct the children along commercial lines with reference to 

 fisheries, such as the manufacturing end of the business, the 

 proper methods for sorting, smoking and canning fish, the con- 

 struction of nets and all things which are in any way connected 

 with fisheries. These studies were introduced very successfully 

 among the young Chinese students. Sometimes the professors of 

 a school will take their students in a body to various provinces 

 and there will be an interchange of ideas and of information and 

 thus we are able to spread the new methods of fish culture, manu- 

 facturing, etc. Splendid results have been noticeable in a very 

 short time. 



I thought, however, that I ought to secure information from 

 countries other than our own and ascertain the best methods in 

 use in various countries for fish culture and the practical side of 

 fisheries, manufacturing, canning, etc. 



We are making progress with our fisheries literature, and, in 

 addition to the Chinese books which have been handed down by 

 our forefathers dealing with this question, we have already 

 translated a number of books from the English and have intro- 

 duced books from the United States and from Japan. But some 

 of our literature I consider rather out of date. So many new 

 questions are coming up all the time and so many new methods 

 and plans are being devised that, when I had the opportunity, I 

 felt it to be incumbent upon me to come to this country and spend 

 about four months visiting various states and examining the 

 hatcheries in various points, and studying the question with the 



