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APPENDIX. 



QUESTIONS. 



I. — General Characteristics of Locality. 



(jeneral nature of locality, e.g., open sea, estuary, backwater, etc., 

 general fishing area of the locality with general boundaries (distance, 

 North, South, East and West, or between rocks, or other natural 

 marks or boundaries, etc.) ; general character of water at various 

 seasons, e.g., clear or muddy (as in Cannanore) ; source and character 

 of the " mud " if ascertainable \N.B. — The mud or scum is often of 

 a non-mineral character and may be really a source of fish food] • 

 fully. saline or brackish (as near the mouth of great rivers, estuaries 

 and backwaters) ; temperature at various depths at time of visit 

 (need not be answered except by Mr. Ramanan); depths up to 

 twenty miles from land (need not be answered, will be ascertained 

 from Admiralty charts) ; nature of bottom, e.g., rocky, sandy, muddy 

 or shelly, etc. ; whether smooth, undulating, or precipitous, whether 

 bare, or full of weeds and herbage (see Admiralty charts, enquire of 

 fishermen, Port officers, etc.) ; direction of winds, and currents 

 prevailing at various seasons ; whether generally smooth or rough, 

 periods of {a) monsoon, {l>) cyclones ; seasons, and whether the 

 seasons of high wind and sea and of smooth water are fairly regular 

 and known ; whether liable to sudden storms not connected with 

 the regular monsoons, if so, whether frequently or only occasionally 

 or rarely, average number of days in the year when fishing is usual • 

 whether a port or harbour exists in the locality, if so, whether 

 accessible to boats {a) up to the size of Phonies, (/;) up to the size ot 

 ordinary canoes at all times and tides ; whether there is a bar, if so 

 depth of water at lowest and highest tides ; whether there are other 

 places of sale anchorage in case of sudden storm in the locality. If 

 the locality is an estuary or backwater, what is its area, general depths, 

 distance to which tidal influence extends, connection or connections 

 with sea ; whether it materially differs in size or salinity of water 

 at various periods of the year, e.g., at monsoon time when river-fed. 



II. — Fishing Population. 



Its number, caste or races, intelligence, education, ignorance 

 and backwardness, etc. 



The regularity or otherwise of employment whether arisino- from 

 seasons or other causes ; the ordinary number of working days in the 

 year. Subsidiary employment in the fishing and non-fishing seasons 

 respectively ; such as the carrying of fish inland, boat-makincr, 

 barrel and box-making for fish, making of new nets, includino- 

 preparation of cordage, twine, and thread for the same ; the collection 

 of barks or fruits for barking the nets and lines ; the curing of fish 

 whether by themselves or by their immediate relatives, wives, children 

 etc. ; the drying of fish for manure and its supply either direct to 

 agriculturists or to merchants for the wholesale manure trade • 

 employment in the transport trade, such as, on passenger or o-oods 

 boats on the backwaters, loading and unloading of steamers and 



