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

 Director — Madras Fisheries. 



Dated — Madras, the loth August 19 14. 



I have the honour to submit my general report for 

 the year 1910-1 1. 



2. Staff. — This remained as in 1909-19 10, viz., 

 myself, Messrs. Wilson, Hornell and W Govindan as 

 assistants, two sub-assistants, and subordinates. 



3. U^ork done. — This consisted of operations at the 

 Cannanore experimental station with demonstrations on 

 the West Coast, the preparation and execution of various 

 piscicultural projects, a certain amount of investigation, 

 and a considerable amount of educative and stimulative 

 work amongst the public and individuals ; these will all 

 be detailed below. The chank fisherv, thouoh mentioned 

 briefly, is the subject of the usual separate report. 



4. Work done individually. — I continued as Honor- 

 ary Director in general charge of operations with special 

 charge of the Cannanore experimental station, which, 

 this year, took up more particularly the manufactures 

 of oil and guano from sardines, continuing, however, 

 curing experiments. 



Mr. H. C. Wilson, Piscicultural expert, continued 

 his trout work on the Nilgiris, including the successful 

 importation at his own expense of a batch of " wild 

 trout" late in the year; also the conservation of the 

 upper waters of the Moyar and Bhavani. The Sunke- 

 sula fish farm scheme was under construction, several 

 large tanks were stocked, and other projects, notably the 

 Kanigiri reservoir (Nellore) project, have been worked 

 out and either sanctioned or sent up to Government. 

 Mr. Wilson's advice has also been sought from other 

 provinces by various people and associations — see below 

 s.v. " Pisciculture." 



Mr. J. Hornell, f.l.s., continued as Superintendent 

 of the Pearl and Chank Fisheries and as Marine Assist- 

 ant, the dual service giving" abundance of work. His 

 report (Bulletin No. 5) on oyster culture at Arcachon 

 and its lessons for India was characterized by Government 

 as " a very valuable and practical piece of work." This 

 report was based on a long personal visit to Arcachon 

 when on furlough in 1909, and has resulted in a practi- 

 cal scheme for oyster culture now in actual operation at 



