LIST OF CONTENTS OF PREVIOUS BULLETINS. 



BUL. 

 NO. PAGES 



1. Papers from 1899 relating chiefly to the development ok 



THE Madras Fisheries Bureau. By Sir F. A. Nicholson, 1915, 

 Rs. 1-14-0. 



2. Note on Fisheries in Japan. By Sir F. A. Nicholson, 1907, 



Rs. 1-2-0 — 



Deals with Japanese methods of fishing, the condition of the fisher- 

 folk, the assistance given by Government and by local associa- 

 tions, the fishery laws and regulations, etc. (Pages 105.) 



3. The Preservation and Curing of Fish, (Exhausted ; revised 



edition under preparation) — 

 Describes the difficulties and methods of preserving fish from taint 

 whether by refrigeration, desiccation, pickling, smoking, can- 

 ning, etc. (Pages 119.) 



4. Madras Fishery Investigations, 1908 (out of print) — 



I. Report on the suitability of Pulicat Lake for oyster-culture 



(one sketch-plan). 



II. Note on an attempt to ascertain the principal determining 



factor in oystei-spawning in Madras backwaters (one plate). 25 



III. Report on the feasibility of operating deep-sea fishing boats 



on the coasts of the Madras Presidency, with special refer- 

 ence to the selection of fishing centres and harbours of 

 refuge (illustrated with three plates) ... ... ... 33 



IV. The results of a fishery cruise along the Malabar coast and 



to the Laccadive Islands in 1908 (illustrated with 27 photo- 

 graphs and text-figures) ... ... ... ... ... 71 



5. The Practice of Oyster-culture at Arcachon and its lessons 



for India. By James Hornell, f.l,s., 1910, Rs. 1-6-0— 



I. Introduction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... i — 4 



II. The physical conditions characterising Arcachon basin ... 4 — 7 



III. The origin and development of oyster-culture at -Arcachon ... 7 — ig 



IV. Present methods and conditions ... ... ... ... ... ig—y^ 



V. Principal characteristics of other European systems of cultiva- 

 tion n 75—79 



VI. Applicability of French methods to oyster-culture in India ... 79 — 90 



6. Marine Fish-farming for India. By James Hornell, f.l.s,, 

 191 1, Rs. 1--4-0- 



(1) Introductory I — 3 



(2) French fish-farming at Arcachon ... ... ... ... ... 4 — 20 



(3) The communal fish-farms of Comacchio ... ... ... 21 — 62 



(4) The scope for marine fish-farming in India ... ... ... 63 — 83 



7. The Sacred Chank of India. By James Hornell, f.l.s., 1914, 



Rs. 2 — 



Introductory ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1-2 



I. The chank fisheries of India and Ceylon ... ... ... 3 — 40 



II. The chank bangle industry ... ... ... ... ... 41 — [16 



HI. The role played by the chank in Indian religion and life ... 117 — 172 



IV. Appendix 173 — 181 



