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the price only after the cured fish is sold. There are no middle- 

 men as the ticket-holders themselves are merchants. Hired labour 

 is employed for curing on days of heavy catches and paid at 2 to 3 

 annas per day. 



KUTTANGULI. 



The fishermen are poor and themselves cure their fish. They 

 sell the cured fish to middlemen who take them into the interior 

 markets for sale. They are not financed by capitalists. Hired 

 labour is employed on days of heavy catches and paid at annas 3 

 per day. 



