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B. The Niigata-maru Exhibited by the Fishery- 



Bureau. 



I-ength perpendicular 102 feet. 



Extreme breadth 25 feet. 



Depth moulded 13 feet. 



Total Tonnage 151 tons. 



Material of the Hull Wood. 



Spars Schooner. 



Date of launching 1906. 



This boat is used in cod angling in the deep seas. The 

 first season being July and August, the fishing is carried on in 

 Orkhtsk and other seas, whence the boat returns loaded with 

 cod fish. The output is chiefly pickled with salt and preserved 

 in the boat. 



C. The Hoko-maru Exhibited by the Ichikawa 



Dock- Yard, Miye Prefecture^ 



Length perpendicular lOO feet. 



Extreme breadth 26 feet 9 inches. 



Depth moulded 12 feet 9 inches. 



Total tonnage 199 tons. 



Spars Double Mast Schooner. 



Material of the Hull., wood. 



Date of launching expected to be finished 



in 1909. 



This boat is the most up-to-date and largest cod angling 



boat in Japan, the use of which is the same as that of the 



Niigata-maru, but it is proposed to provide this boat with a 

 supplementary steam engine of 200 H. P. 



(5) Bonito Angling Boats. 



