INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 
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di Seay present series of exhibits has been brought together in order 
to give the visitor a glimpse into the fishing industries of the 
Japanese Empire. When the varieties of objects sought after are so 
numerous, and the methods employed for obtaining them are so 
diverse, as is the case in extensive fisheries, it becomes a serious 
question how appropriate selections may be made so as to forma 
sufficiently comprehensive and representative collection. In the 
present case, after much deliberation, the following plan has been 
adopted. Out of the animals and plants that are found in our 
waters, those kinds were at first selected whose respective annual 
yield exceeds 10,000 yen. As this, however, was found to exclude 
many objects which are of peculiar interest, exceptions have been 
freely made in favour of such special cases. The final selections 
as displayed in the present series consist of one hundred and thirty- 
eight species of animals and plants distributed as follows: 
Mammals, Seiciecteicesss Biel das Soe Pliegdes sins sine 3 species 
Reptiles ...... he ade devebwes Cudtethenshisactty 2 ” 
Hehe aw elise ATOR rah toe. 85 ss 
Moilies ac. unkiiae =a - ieee ee wil 33 es 
Jerrstacee Tn veicteste dees ce Relctete ty Ca at > 
AN gb. ic sericves betevawec dv oie sett anhar een 4 5 
ESCA ss ted telade viv askin sender P ee ecedin 138 species. 
Of these species, alcoholic specimens as far as possible, or 
photographs from actual specimens where they are too large, are 
displayed. Only in one or two cases of exceptional nature it has not 
been possible to follow this rule. The species are arranged in the 
order of their scientific classification, beginning with the Cetacea and 
going down the animal scale. Four species of sea-weeds which are 
of great commercial interest are placed at the end. 
Out of the one-hundred and thirty-eight species mentioned above, 
those which are of great economic or social importance and are likely 
