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the money by the accidental destruction of boats, nets, etc. ; for how 

 long such loans should be granted, and for what period (dependent 

 on the life of boats and nets). 



The length of time or periods usually spent by lishermen at sea, 

 whether in days or hours, by day or by night ; reasons why they do 

 not spend longer periods at sea, e.g., size of boats, accommodation 

 in boats, the impossibility of keeping their catches fresh in the boats, 

 the effect of custom and habit and domesticity in compelling their 

 daily return ; whether this class of the population is accustomed to 

 long journeys and absence from home in dhonies and pattamars or 

 whether such vessels are manned by other classes ; whether these 

 same classes would object to absence of a week or more at sea in big 

 fishing boats or vessels ; do these classes supply lascars to ocean- 

 going ships or steamers ? Length of time ordinarily spent in the 

 actual daily journevs to and from the fishing grounds especially when 

 fishing is more than three miles from land. 



Do fishermen from other localities in this Presidency or from 

 other Presidencies or countries frequent this locality ; if so, in what 

 months; are such persons increasing or decreasing in number; is 

 their presence objected to by local fishermen ; if not why not ; are 

 there operations, methods^ fishing grounds, hours of fishing, boats, 

 nets, etc., the same as those of local men ? if not, how do they difter ? 

 Why do such persons leave their own homes and come to thtse 

 localities ? do they come of their own accord or are they induced by 

 local merchants, curers, etc., e.g., by advances. Do they salt these 

 goods in the same fashion as local men or differently : if differently, 

 what is the difference ? Do they take away their salted goods or are 

 they bound to give over their catches to local merchants. How many 

 local merchants or curers give advances to such foreign fishermen. 

 How many such fishermen have come on their own account without 

 any advances : how do these dispose of their catches. 



Have the fishermen any grievances or hardships for which they 

 ask consideration ; if so, what are they, and what is your opinion ? 



HI. — Deep-sea Fishing. 



Note. — For the purpose of these ([uestions, deep-sea fishing means fishing beyond 

 a distance of about half a mile or a little more from the shore so as to exclude .ill 

 nets used from the shore such as the " Karai-valai " of Pamban and other nets 

 which are used in small canoes or by wading close to shore. Half a mile is given 

 as the limit, because the boats which fish beyond half a mile also fisl- up to lo or 

 12 miles, such as the catamarat:s of the East and South Coasts, the canoes (dug- 

 outs) of the West Coast, etc. 



Ill-shore will mean all fishing from or close to the shore, within about half a 

 mile. 



This note is necessary, because, in ordinary parlance, deep-sea fishing means 

 fishing beyond, at least the three miles territorial limit. 



Boats. — Si'ze (length, breadth and depth), tonnage, rig, cost, 

 duration, timber used, decked and undecked, accommodation, ability 

 to keep the sea in roughish weather, nimiber of crew, whether any 

 small boat provision, seasons when used, usual fishing grounds and 

 their distance from shore ; the number and classes of nets and lines 

 usually taken out on one occasion ; duration of voyages ; gear, if any, 

 for supplementing, or in substitution of, manual labour. How are 

 large boats of lo tons and upwards (dhonies, pattamars, etc.) moored, 



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