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The Fishery Experimental Farm, Shiga Prefecture (located 

 in the vicinity of Hikone) had been engaged in the pisciculture 

 of carp and crussian carp but lately taking further steps, it was 

 proposed to increase the output of eels and trout which are the 

 important fish of the lake so that the work will extend for the 

 space of 1 1 years beginning with 1908, 8,000,000 carp, 5,000, 

 000 trout and 1,000,000 eels are being annually liberated. 



Along the bank of the lake there are numerous hatching 

 grounds while in the lake there are a few isles of picturesque 

 sight and along the bank there are some places celebrated for 

 their scenic beauty, of these we may mention the Miidera, 

 Setano-karahashi, and Old Pine of Karasaki. These sights in 

 various seasons vary according to the difference of places. It is 

 in this neighbourhood that there are found such places of superb 

 beauty as the Omi-Hakkei (lit. eight scenes of Omi). The lake 

 lias steamship communications, and visitors both foreign and 

 Japanese are constantly attracted to the place (For particulars 

 see models and drawings exhibited in the present exhibition.) 



(6) The Model of the Hamana Lake Cultural Ground and 



Samples of Fishes Exhibited by the United 



Fishery Association of Shizuoka prefecture. 



The Hamana lake is a large inland bay projecting far into 

 the land in the middle part of the Hamana county in the 

 province of Totomi, with a circumference of some 87 miles and 

 with an area of 179,465 acres. 



It consists of the principal lake of Hamana, which somewhat 

 resembles a crescent in shape with which three other lakes are 

 connected, one in the north western corner is the Chobi lake, 

 and in the north-eastern corner is called Inasa lake and one in 

 the south-west Numata-numa. 



