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be staked against the ravages of fish ; a proper quota 

 of ruches, tiles and ambulances should be present 

 and the whole park protected by a palisade of pine 

 branches along the boundaries where this is necessary. 



The cost of levelling and consolidating virgin ground 

 is so variable that it is impossible to give any figures ; 

 the items of expense consist of labour paid at the rate 

 of Rs. 1-12-9 (3 francs) per day and gravel costing 

 Rs. 2-6-5 P er 6 cubic metres. Bunded claires are now 

 little used, but even in their simplest and cheapest form 

 when faggots or brushwood bundles are employed, the 

 expenditure is considerable as the material alone costs 

 about 10 pies per bundle or about Rs. 5 per 100. 

 Usually some 30 ruches go to the acre ; tarred and 

 ready for use these cost Re. 1 each — Rs. 30 per acre. 

 One hundred tiles are packed in each ruche, 3,000 in all. 

 According to demand the price of these special tiles 

 fluctuates between Rs. 27 and Rs. 30 per 1,000, so the 

 complement of ruches and tiles per acre entails an 

 initial expenditure of about Rs. 1 15 for material alone. 



Rearino- cases or ambulances are another source 

 of heavy initial expenditure, so much so that culturists 

 in these days of low prices for their products prefer 

 to run considerable risks rather than spend large sums 

 on this form of protection seeing that each case costs 

 Rs. 7 and has but a restricted life even though the 

 utmost care be taken to effect repairs annually. Eight 

 to ten cases are however commonly apportioned to each 

 acre as the proper complement and thus we see that this 

 item alone entails an expenditure of Rs. 56 to Rs. 70 per 

 acre every few years. 



A still heavier expense is that of protecting the 

 larger sized oysters in the park against predatory fishes 

 and against crabs. The pointed sticks used for staking 

 the ground against such enemies as 1 rygon pastinaca 

 cost from Rs. 1-8-0 to Rs. 1-13-0 per 100, pine branches 

 for the outside palisade Rs. 9 to Rs. 15 per 1,000 accord- 

 ing to the length, and blindage against crabs, about 

 3 annas per yard. 



