.1ST OF MADRAS FISHERIES BULLETINS 



ISSUED UP TO DATE WITH THEIR 



CONTENTS AND PRICES. 



BULL. 

 NO. VAOSS 



t. Papers from 1899 rblating chiefly to the Devblopmbnt of 

 THB Madras Fishbribs Burbau. By Sir F. A. Nicholson, 1915, 

 Re. 1-14-0. (Pages 337.) 



2. Note on Fisheries in Japan. Bv Sir f, a. Nicholson, 1907, 



Re. 1-2-0 



3. The Preservation and Curing of Fisji. Bv Sm F. A. Nicholson, 



1919. (Exhausted ; revised edition under preparatiua.) 



4. Madras Fishery Investigations, 1908. BY Jamrs Hornkll, 



F.L.s. (out of print) — 



I. Report on the suitability of Pulicat Lake for oyater-cuUttre 



(one sketch-plan). 



II. Note on an attempt to ascertain the princtpol determiatog 



factor in oyster-spawning in Madras backwaters (one plate) ... a§ 



III. Report on the feasibility of operating deep^Ma fishing boat£ 

 on the coast of the Madra» Presidency, with special refer- 

 ence to the selection of fishing centres and harbours ot 

 refuge (illustrated with three plates) ... 33 



IV. The results of a fishery cruite along the Malabar Coast and 

 to the Laccadive Islands in 1908 (illustrated wklk »j photo, 

 graphs and text-figures) ... ,„ ... 71 



5. The Practice of Oyster-culturb at AReACHON and its Lkssonr 



FOR India. By James Mornell, f.l.s., 1910, Re. 1-6-0— 



I. Introduction t — 4 



II. The physical conditions characterizing Arcachua basin ... 4 — 7 

 III. The origin and development of oyster>culture at Arcachon .. 7—19 



IV. Present methods and conditions 19 — 74 



V. Principal characteristics of other Europeaa systems of caltiva* 



tion •< 75 — 79 



VI. Applicability of French methods to oystet^culture in India .. 79—90 



6. Marxnb Fish-farming for India. By James Hornell, f.l.s., 



1911, Re. 1-4-0 — 



I. Introductory l— -3 



II. French fish-farming at Arcachon 4—30 



III. The communal fish-farms of Comaccbio ... .» ... ... 3i— <3a 



IV. The scope for marine 6sh*fanning in India ... ... ... 63 — 83 



7. The Sacred Chanr of India. By James HoaMBLt, F.t..8., 1914, 



Rs. a— 



Introductory ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I—* 



L The chank fisheries of India and Ceylon 3— 4° 



II. The chank bangle industry 41— 116 



III. The role played by the clank in Indian religioa and life ... 117^173 

 rv. Appendb t73->-l8i 



