MALAYAN FISHES. 



tings, like flowers, and are so grown in the Philippines, and there 



we have a thousand miles of coast line; more than sonic nations 



As to the vital importance of fish in the diet of all dwellers 

 in this tropical country there is no question: as to the existence 

 of an enormous area of potential fishing grounds there can be no 

 dispute, and as to the large variety and good edible quality of our 

 fish there is ample proof. Can we doubt therefore, with the ex- 

 perience of other countries to guide us, and while remembering 

 that the economic stability of every country depends on the price 

 of the peoples' food, that our fisheries are capable of enormous ex- 

 pansion and can we doubt that an enlightened policy of exp]..irMti<.n 

 and regulation combined with constant scientific investigation will 

 render the Fisheries one of the great economic a— is of Malava? 



are vet other marine growth.- which <■; 

 of the sea. 



cultivated 



the gardens 



