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P districts. The establishment of an association both for fishery and 



aquatic products is calculated to introduce developments and 

 betterments in this branch of industry. 



(3) The Central Fishery Training Institute. 



(4) Fishery Department of the Agricultural College and of 



the Tohoku Daigaku (The North-eastern Univer- 

 sity.) 

 For the purpose of imparting the higher education required 

 L for tlie fishery industry, a fishery department was established in 



the Agricultural College, the North-Eastern Imperial University. 

 The course covers a period o( three years divided among the three 

 subjects, Fishing, Technology, and Pisciculture. 

 ■ Students are allowed to taK'e up a special course in each one 



P of thesj sections according to their wishes, but in the ist year, 



lessons common to all sections are given. In the \'ear following, 

 in the Agricultural College of the Imperial University of Tokyo, 

 the fishery department was created for the benefit of students 

 who wished to mak'e a special study in the hii^her branches of the 

 fishery industry. 



