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are in habit of manipulating it with facility, so that it is superior 

 to the fishing boat of the occidental type, but the water line being 

 shallow it is too weak to withstand rough voyages. It is used 

 on a calm and quiet sea such as found in summer for bonito 

 angling and is put to sea within the distance of some hundred 

 miles from the shore. 



D. Suisan-maru Exhibited by the Kubota Dock- Yard, 



Yokohama. 



Length perpendicular 6/ feet, 3 inches. 



Extreme breadth 17 feet. 



Depth moulded 7 feet, 8 inches. 



Total tonnage 58 tons. 



Engine Double Steam Engine. 



Spars Schooner. 



Power 114 H. P. 



Material of the Hull Wood. 



Speed by Engine 8 knots. 



Date of launching ..,, 1909. 



This boat was built by the Japanese Fishing Association 

 composed of those engaged in fishery. Seeing that ships ot 

 such typ^s as the Fuji-maru and the Shunyo-maru with oil 

 motor involved heavy working expenses and many defects in 

 motor, they substituted the steam engine. The boat was thus tried 

 in bonito fishing while experiments were being made with 

 a view to use them for searching for fishing grounds in the 

 deep seas and to engage in fishing of various kinds in the 

 winter. 



(6) Transportation Ships. 



A. Oshiokuri-bune Exhibited by the Fishery 



Bureau. 



