42 MADRAS FISHERIES BULLETIN 



5. Inland Fisheries. — The Government attach considerable 

 importance to the anti-malarial operations of the Fisheries Depart- 

 ment and they hope that municipalities and other public bodies 

 will in the course of time learn to recognize more generally the 

 advantage of obtaining a good strain of larvicides from the 

 department for introduction in malarial localities. The plans and 

 estimates submitted by the Director for the conversion of the 

 mosquito-infested moat around the Chingleput Fort into a fish farm 

 are now under the scrutiny of the Chief Engineer to Government 

 and orders will issue shortly. The proposals for the acquisition 

 and stocking of tanks in the Chingleput and Nellore districts have 

 been referred to the Collectors of the districts concerned. The 

 Director is requested to expedite detailed plans and estimates in 

 respect of the Vellore moat scheme. 



With reference to paragraph 54 of the report, the Government 

 doubt whether the increased rentals derived from the fisheries of 

 waters recently taken under the control of the Department can 

 safely be taken as a proof of the immediate effectiveness of 

 stocking operations. There can be little doubt that the general 

 increase in the prices of foodstuffs must have contributed consider- 

 ably to the rise in the fishery rentals; and while the Government 

 have little doubt that these operations will in time result in a large 

 profit both to the local community and to the State, they do not 

 anticipate that the advantages of scientific working will be fully 

 felt for some years to come. 



6. West Coast Section. — The Government note with satisfaction 

 the progress made in the formation of co-operative societies for 

 fishermen during the year, and in assisting temperance movements 

 and other socio-economic work among the fisher population. The 

 Director is requested to expedite the submission of the trading 

 accounts of the cannery and other industrial branches of work in 

 the West Coast Section. 



(True extract) 



(Signed) S. WADSWORTH, 



Under Secretary to Government. 





