TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Extract from an official Note of 1899 on the desirability of 

 developing the Agricultural Department by adding a 

 Fishery branch, etc. ... ... ... ... ... i — 5 



Extract from a scheme, dated 19th January 1905, for the 



development of fisheries ... ... ... ... 6-7 



Madras Government Order, dated 29th May 1905, placing 

 Sir F. A. Nicholson on temporary duty from ist July 

 1905 to investigate the fishing industry in the Madras 

 Presidency ... ... ... ... ... ■•• 8 



Fisheries Investigation Report for the quarter ending 31st 



December 1905 ... ... ... ... ... ••• 9 — 5*^ 



Madras Government Order of 30th October 1906 and 

 Board's Proceedings thereon, granting certain conces- 

 sions to fish-curers ... ... ... ... ... 51 — 57 



Proposals for the establishment of an experimental P'ishery 

 Station on the West Coast, and Madras Government 

 Order No. 733 of ist April 1907, sanctioning the same. 58—60 



Proposals for the creation of a Fishery Bureau, with extracts 

 from the Madras Government Order No. 734 of ist 

 April 1907, approving the same and appointing Sir 

 F. A. Nicholson as Honorary Adviser for Fisheries, 

 and Government Order of 3rd July 1907 changing the 

 designation to Honorary Director ... ... ... 61 — 67 



Exh-acts from despatches of the Government of India and 

 the Secretary of State, dated 29th August 1907 and 4th 

 October 1907, respectively, regarding the creation of the 

 post of Piscicultural Expert for the Madras Fishery 

 Department and appointing Mr. H. C. Wilson to it. 

 from 4th November 1907 ... ... •■• ••• 68-69 



Further suggestions by the Honorary Director in connection 

 with Fisheries work and the intended operations of the 

 Indian Fisheries Company, 1-ondon, on the West Coast. 70 — 81 



Proposals by the Honorary Director for the establishment 

 of an Experimental Fishery Station at Ennore near 

 Madras, and Madras Government Order, dated 12th 

 June 1908 thereon, approving the same ... ... 82 — 139 



Extracts from a letter, dated 13th July 1908, to the Madras 

 Government offering suggestions for the development 

 of the sardine trade of the West Coast, and from the 

 Government Order thereon ... ... ... ... 140 — 152 



Extracts from letters, dated 12th August 1908 and i8th 

 October 1909, to the Madras Government submitting 

 proposals for the establishment of an Experimental 

 Fishery Station at Cannanore, including a fertilizer 

 factory, etc., with extract from the Government Order 

 thereon, dated i8th December 1909 ... ... ... 153 — 158 



