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will supply a fair amount of fish regularly for the re- 

 mainder of the year and cannot interfere with the 

 fishermen's trade which is in general very petty and 

 unproductive ; it will supplement this precarious supply 

 by very desirable fish, alive till sold, consequently free 

 from taint, and very nutritious. Mr. Wilson believes he 

 can supply 20,000 murrel this year, and much greater 

 numbers in the next and following years. 



14. A third and subsidiary branch of work has re- 

 cently been added, viz., that of the growth of larvicides 

 for the destruction of mosquito larvse. Glass tanks have 

 been used and a small pond, and from the facts ascer- 

 tained Mr. Wilson has now built a special pond for the 

 growth of the fish which he has ascertained to be the 

 best larvicides. On this subject he read a paper before 

 the recent Malaria Conference. 



15. To sum up : We have in Sunkesula the novelty 

 (in India) of a working fish farm, its objects being — 



(1) the stocking of barren waters to provide a 



new food supply ; 



(2) the supply of live fish, grown for the purpose, 



direct to the markets ; 



(3) the distribution of larvicides. 



The fii st object is the increase of fish, in large 

 quantities, which are to mature outside of the farm in 

 waters at present almost barren of fish, viz., in the 

 Kurnool-Cuddapah canal and elsewhere, but success or. 

 failure cannot be known for several years, viz., until the 

 young fish have/(?r a series of seasons been placed out in 

 the canal and the results ascertained by enquiry, by 

 observation, and by the rentals which at present are 

 neoflio-ible except in the section near Kurnool town. 



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The pecuniary returns to Government, if any, will only 

 be indirect, viz., in the increased rentals derived from 

 increased takes of fish all over the canal, but the increase 

 in food supply should be very great. The object is an 

 economic experiment. 



T\i^ second object also aims at the production of large 

 quantities of fish but in this case wholly within the 

 tarm ; the returns will be immediate and direct, and can 

 be easily made not only to support the farm but to show 

 good profits ; the main result, however, will be the 

 practical ideas which this successful breeding of murrel 

 suggests. To the department the success of murrel 



