purveyors of material and plant and consumers of goods, 

 with enquirers, etc., many miscellaneous experiments 

 were conducted, both successful and the reverse. The 

 Madras Industrial Exhibition eave considerable work to 

 the department but the results were worth the trouble. 

 The following Bulletins were published during the year, 

 viz. : — 



(i) Bulletin No. i consisting of papers from 1899 

 relating chiefly to the development of the Madras 

 Fisheries Bureau ; 



(2) No. 8 dealing with marine fishery investigations 

 in Madras, 19 14-15 ; 



(3) No. 9 being a first attempt to display with some 

 degree of accuracy certain statistics relating to the 

 fishing population of the Madras Presidency. 



34. As required by Government the receipts of the 

 department and the expenditure relating to certain of 

 the items are shown in an Appendix (III). 



APPENDIX I. 



Report by H. C. Wilson, Esq., Piscicultural Expert, 



Madras P^isheries. 



I was in charge of the piscicultural operations during the year 

 under report as Piscicultural Expert and was engaged in tours of 

 inspection and special investigations. Most of my time was therefore 

 spent in touring and the following districts were visited during the 

 year : — 



South Kanara was visited twice in April and January to examine 

 its rivers, as instructed in G.O. Mis. No. 1543, Revenue, dated 28th 

 May 1 914. 



The Nilgiris were visited in connection with the hatchery work, 

 stocking of streams, etc., in the months of May, June and November. 



I toured in the Kurnool district in the months of July, February 

 and March in connection with the Sunkesula fish farm, stocking of 

 the Kurnool-Cuddapah canal, examination of permanent water-tanks, 

 inspection of the Kistna Gorge, investigation of the Nallamalais to 

 draw up an anti-malarial scheme, etc. 



September, October, and March were spent in ^■isiting Hyderabad, 

 Vizagapatam, and the permanent waters near ^Nfadras and in the 

 districts of Chingleput, North Arcot, etc. 



Coorg rivers were again inspected agreeably to the orders of Gov- 

 ernment to decide the suitability for re-stocking with non-indigenous 

 fish and suggest for the improvement of their fisheries. 



