§ 54. Sir Robert Rankinasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the Canadian Government Fisheries Research Department are experimenting with a system of locating herring schools by echo-sounding; and whether, in view of the demand for herring, he too will experiment with this new device?
§ Mr. T. WilliamsThe answer to the first part of the Question is "Yes, Sir." Moderately successful experiments were unofficially undertaken before the war in this country.