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Letter — from Sri Frederick Nicholson, k.c.i.e., 



Honorary Director of Fisheries. 

 J Q — the Secretary to Government, Revenue Department. 

 Dated — the loth August 191 7. 



I have the honour to submit my annual report for 

 1916-17. 



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3. The staff remained throughout the year as in 

 1915-16. Though the event belongs strictly to 1917-18, 

 I record with deep regret the death, on the i ith 

 April 191 7, of Mr. H. C. Wilson, Piscicultural Expert, 

 who had been in the department since November 1907 

 and to whose skill and energy the whole of the fresh 

 water piscicultural work in the Presidency is due. The 

 report for that branch has consequently been drawn up 

 by the Piscicultural Assistant Mr. B. Sundara Raj, m.a. 



4. The following is an abstract of the main opera- 

 tions in the several branches. 



Dh^ectors Branch. — General control of the depart- 

 ment ; Tanur fish-curing yard including curing, smoking, 

 pickling (salt and vinegar), fish oil and guano, etc. 



Cannery at Chaliyam (Beypore), with experiments 

 in solar heating^. 



Soap-making at Calicut and Tanur. 

 Miscellaneous, including tuition, socio-economic 

 work, Bulletin writing, etc. 



Pisciciiltttral Expert' s branch (Mr. H. C. Wilson). — 

 The Sunkesula fish farm, that at Ippur, larvicidal work, 

 the stocking of tanks, the re-introduction of Gourami, 

 Nilgiri trout culture, the conservancy of various waters, 

 the detailed examination of the waters of Coorg and 

 South Kanara and of a variety of large tanks in the dis- 

 tricts for conservancy purposes, project and miscel- 

 laneous work. 



The Marine Biologists branch (Mr. Hornell, F.L.S,). 

 — The Tuticorin fish farm, the edible oyster farm at PuH- 

 cat, the pearl oyster culture farm at Krusadai (Pamban), 

 the preparation of specimens for distribution and for edu- 

 cational work, beche-de-mer cultivation, investigations 

 for and writing of bulletins, research, and miscellaneous. 



