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III this course students are fully instructed in the methods of 

 culture, hatching, propagation, protection of fish, seaweeds, etc. 

 For practice in fresh water pisciculture there is a pond at Tokyo 

 belonging to the Institute, while for salt water pisciculture the 

 Institute is provided with several stations. Thus the Yawata 

 Station is devoted to the culture of oysters and porphyra, and 

 on Takanoshima, an islet lying near Tateyama, Boshu Province, 

 there is a Marine Laboratory. 



The Practical Course aims to give the students complete 

 practical training in a special subject within one year. Those 

 subjects taught at present are : — deep-sea fishing, the preparation 

 of dried bonito, canning, the manufacture offish oil, and of iodine. 



The Post Graduate Course. A student admitted to the 



■course is placed under the guidance of a professor, and when 

 his study is completed he must produce an essay on his 

 particular subject of study. On passing this test lie receives a 

 diploma. 



The Deep-sea Fishing Course, extending over three years, 

 trains those who afterwards will engage in Deep-sea Fishery as 

 masters of vessels. 



The graduates of the Fishing Division of the Principal Course, 

 and those who are advanced enough in their scholastic attain- 

 ments to study with them, are admitted to this course. For 

 the first six months they are instructed on board the training 

 ship in the principles and practice pertaining to this particular 

 form of fishing, and the following two years are spent in the 

 3tudy of navigation, methods of fishing, and of economical matters 



