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live fish during the season when fish caught by the usual methods 

 are scarce or unobtainable. A most satisfactory feature is that 

 the contract for 1919-20 has been let at rates nearly double those 

 paid for fish supplied on last year's agreement ; this indicates 

 increasing appreciation by the public of this convenience of 

 getting fish at times when usually none are obtainable. The new 

 rates are 5 annas per seer for murrel and 4 annas per seer for carp 

 and other fish. 



The Pudur scheme sanctioned in G.O. No. 920, Revenue, dated 

 28th March 1917, for the construction of ponds to rear young 

 Gourami bred at Sunkesula, has had to be abandoned. The 

 investigations of the Executive Engineer, Kurnool, proved that it 

 is not possible to impound the water necessary except at great cost 

 (vide G.O. Mis. No. 140, Revenue, dated 27th January 1919). 

 Certain gullies along the Kurnool-Cuddapah canal are now being 

 investigated in conjunction with the Executive Engineer, with a 

 view to turn them into Gourami ponds to take the place of those 

 which the Pudur scheme was intended to provide. 



46. Ippur Farm. — Ninety young Gourami, partly from Sunkesula 

 and partly from Madras, and 200 Etroplus from Madras, a fish new 

 to this locality, were placed in the ponds for breeding purposes. 

 None of the old Gourami have yet bred at Ippur, and it is evident 

 that unfavourable factors are present. As at Ippur artificial 

 nesting places for Etroplus have been provided in the shape of 

 supported stones, and the device has proved successful. Over 

 30,000 of the mosquito-larvge-destroying fish Haplochilus were 

 supplied from this farm, which is the chief centre for their 

 distribution. 



The Gudur and Karedu tanks are supplied with mullet 

 conditioned at this farm. Another aspect of the work done from 

 this centre was the fishing departmentally of the Puduparthi and 

 Ippur Kamini tanks ; the produce yielded the satisfactory sum of 

 Rs. 41-3-6 in place of the nominal sum of Rs. 5 received on an 

 average in previous years when the fishing was auctioned 

 publicly. 



47. The Powder Factory Ponds at Madras continue to give highly 

 satisfactory results. Both Gourami and Etroplus breed freely here. 

 In the absence of suitable feeding grounds near Madras, 37 young 

 Gourami were transferred to Ippur, together with 200 Etroplus. 

 In addition ten permanent tanks in the Presidency were stocked 



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