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is a hopeful one, and inspired the feeling tliat 

 we are well on the way to the establishment 

 of the Ministry. The tone adopted by Dr. 

 Addison is significant of this also, as is the 

 translation of Sir George Newmann to the 

 Local Government Board, and the granting to 

 him of the title of " chief medical officer," 

 with the status of a secretary of the board. 



Nature continues : " One part of the bill 

 which has been carried over unaltered from its 

 predecessor is that relating to the appoint- 

 ment of consultative committees, and Dr. Ad- 

 dison, by his utterances, has shown himself to 

 be firmly wedded to this idea, and expectant 

 of results of great value from the work to be 

 done by these bodies. The Consumers' Coun- 

 cil at the Ministry of Food, which may be 

 regarded as more or less analogous, though it 

 was occasionally sneered at, must have assisted 

 the food controller considerably. There is no 

 reason to suppose that the Ministry of Health 

 consultative committees will be any less help- 

 ful. Indeed, since they are to consist of care- 

 fully selected experts on matters having a 

 bearing on national health, they are almost 

 bound to be more valuable. In any event, the 

 consultative committee idea has this to recom- 

 mend it : that it will popularize health work. 

 The committees will serve as a most effective 

 link between the department doing the work 

 and those for whose benefit the work is done. 

 The department and the workers will be less 

 cloistered; the workers and those who are 

 worked for will be more intimately associated. 

 The public will see and hear of what is being 

 done, and will come to recognize the necessity 

 for assisting in, and taking advantage of, the' 

 efforts made. So far there have been remark- 

 ably few comments on the bill, but on the 

 whole the reception has been entirely favor- 

 able." 



THE COLLEGE OF FISHERIES AT THE UNIVER- 

 SITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE 



The College of Fisheries just established 

 by the University of Washington, at Seattle, 

 enjoys the distinction of being the only one in 

 the world outside of Japan. The Imi)erial 

 Fisheries In.^titute at Tokio is a government 



institution and has been in existence since 

 1S97. It has so conclusively proved its worth 

 that a number of subsidiary schools have been 

 established in the various provinces of Japan. 



When the matter of the establishment of a 

 College of Fisheries in this country was first 

 broached by Dr. H. M. Smith, U. S. Commis- 

 sioner of Fisheries, his attention was called 

 to the fact that Seattle is the only American 

 city within whose corporate limits, or in terri- 

 tory immediately adjacent, can be found in 

 active operation practically every type of plant 

 used in turning the raw fishery material into 

 all forms of manufactured articles both for 

 food and for use in the arts and sciences; 

 fishery operations were carried on even in 

 Seattle harbor; whOe the great salmon, hali- 

 but, cod and herring fleets operating in Alaska 

 waters had their headquarters mainly in the 

 city, outfitting there and bringing back the 

 products for shipment to all parts of the world; 

 also that one of the leading universities of the 

 country was already established there and could 

 take up the work. 



The College of Fisheries will offer a four- 

 year course divided into three divisions — Fish- 

 ing, Technological and Fish Cultural. Stu- 

 dents will be given as much practical train- 

 ing as possible in the college, but for certain 

 periods in the last two years of the course will 

 be expected to pursue their studies by work in 

 commercial establishments devoted to the prep- 

 aration of fishery products, aboard fishing ves- 

 sels, or at hatcheries. 



As the university is a state institution, an 

 important part of the work of the College of 

 Fisheries wiU be in rendering assistance and 

 advice whenever called upon by the state author- 

 ities, and also to aid the commercial fishermen 

 not only of the state but of the nation in solv- 

 ing the many problems which beset them, and 

 to aid in the conservation and perpetuation of 

 our wonderful fishery resources. Research work 

 along the lines of utilization of hitherto 

 n^lected species, and of waste products, will 

 be carried on and it is hoped will result in 

 materially increasing the wealth of the state 

 and nation. 



The director, Mr. John N. Cobb, who is also 



