Report No. 1 of 1922. 



ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 

 FISHERIES FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30th JUNE 1921 



BY 



J. Hoenell, Esq., f.l.s., f.e.a.i., 

 Director of Fisheeies. 



Administration. 



1. Personnel. — Mr. A. Y. G. Campbell, c.i.e., continued to act 

 as Director till 15th November J 920, on which date I returned from 

 leave and resumed charge of the ] )irectorate. No change iu the 

 superior staff took place during the year. Rao Bahadur V. Govindan, 

 as Assistant Director (Coast), continued in charge of the socio-eco- 

 nomic section, together with the supervision of the Tanur Experi- 

 mental Station, the fish-curing yards and the inshore experiments 

 at Madras. Mr. H. L. Prager was responsible for the Experimental 

 Cannery at Chaliyam, whilst Mr. J. A. Fernandez controlled the 

 chank and beche-de mer fisheries, in the absence on leave of Lieut. 

 J. H.Allan, o.b.e., who returned only on June 7, 1921. Mr. R. H. 

 Whitehouse carried on the duties of Marine Biologist, and Mr. B. 

 SimdaraRaj, Assistant Director (Inland), those pertaining to Inland 

 Pisciculture. Mr. Karunakara Menon continued as Personal Assist- 

 ant to the Director. 



2. Headquarters office and staff. — As in 1919 I have again to 

 deplore the inadequacy of the accommodation provided for my 

 establishment and that of the Assistant Director (Inland). This 

 consists of a small wing attached to the Director of Industries' 

 offices. My own office is in a converted dressing room, so small and 

 hot that it is difficult to work there in the heat of the day. The 

 clerks are in worse condition, as they are crowded into two hot and 

 ill-ventilated rooms. r lhe Assistant Diiectors (Inland) staff is 

 housed under equally unsuitable and unhygienic conditions. Un- 

 less better quarters are provided, the efficiency of w ork, now at a 

 low level, is likely to deteriorate further. The need for additional 

 staff is also sorely felt, and results in the utilization of the services, 

 as clerks, of men whose duties are not of this description. Thus the 

 Personal Aseistanl, specially appointed to relieve me of certain duties, 

 in order that I might have time for greater general supervision and 

 for research, is occupied to such an extent with accounts work that 

 I do not get as much relief from his help as I should. Similarly my 

 camp clerk can seldom accompany me on tour, and the Assistant 



