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compete with the Laccadive lagoons in regard to the ease, 

 security and economy with which such an industry may there 

 be undertaken. A good market for the turtle thus reared 

 would probably be found in Bombay. The commercial feasi- 

 bility of this suggestion should be among the subjects for 

 investigation should it be determined to study further the 

 fishery potentialities of these interesting islands. 



Madras, 

 Sih February 1909. 



