MADRAS FISHERIES BUREAU, 



BULLETIN No. X 



BEING 



PART II OF BULLETIN No. I. 



Letter — from Sir F. A. Nicholson, k.c.i.e., Honorary 



Director, Madras Fisheries. 

 Dated — the 29th March 1909. 



I have the honour to submit a brief report of work 

 done in the Fisheries office from January 1908 to the 

 end of March 1909 



I remained in charge throughout the period ; Mr. H. 

 C. Wilson, appointed from 1907 as Piscicultural Expert, 

 was also on continuous duty ; in July Mr. James Hornell, 

 F.L.S., came in as Marine Assistant on an engagement 

 for one year, and Mr. V. Govindan, b.a., was appointed 

 Personal and General Assistant. A small staff (two) has 

 been appointed to the Ennore Experimental Station, 

 where a West Coast Volunteer, without pay, has joined, 

 at his own request, to study our m.ethods. 



Ennore Experimental Station. — The first important 

 work was the planning of an experimental Marine 

 Station for economic work as suggested in paragraphs 

 186 to 194 of my Note on Japanese F'isheries and in 

 paragraph 16 of my letter No. 230 of 31st December 

 1907. This was drawn up at length in my No. 55, dated 

 5th May 1908, and was sanctioned in G.O. No. 1635, 

 Revenue, dated 12th June 1908, the location selected 

 being Ennore for reasons given. The building and 

 compound — the Public Works Rest House — were handed 

 over on the 5th July 1908 and I appointed a Superintend- 

 ent and Head Curer. The objects were the establish- 

 ment of improved catching methods by large boats and 

 more powerful nets, etc., and the production of absolutely 

 sound and wholesome food, firstly, by keeping fish alive 



