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Reports from European Officials 



Commissioner of Sind — Collector of Shikarpur — Collector of Karachi- 

 Collector of Haidarabad. 



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Reports from Nat ire Officials 



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I In M BAY 



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Its fresh-water iisheries — Reason why some returns are omitted — Rivers 

 and inland tanks suitable for fisheries — Proportion of people who eat 

 fish — Local markets insufficiently supplied — Comparative price of 

 large and small fish — The amount of fish have decreased — Fisheries 

 mostly Government property — Fishermen, as a rule, follow other 

 occupations as well — Mature breeding-fish trapped and otherwise 

 killed — Fry destroyed to a great extent — Modes of capturing fish — 

 Size of the meshes of nets — Fish how trapped-— Waters poisoned — 

 Angling and line fishing— Conclusions as to the fresh-water fish- 

 eries — Coast fisheries of less consequence than inland ones — Majoiity 

 of people eat fish — State of the fisheries — Which are Government 

 property — Number of fishermen — Fish trapped during the rains — 

 Fry destroyed to a great extent — Minimum size of the mesh of nets 

 emploj T ed — Modes of fishing — Conclusions respecting coast fresh- 

 water fisheries — Whether advisable to mitigate the present evils or 

 let them continue — Objections to action being taken — Propositions as 

 to what steps are desirable — As to the proper minimum size of the 

 mesh of nets — Opinions as to prohibiting the sale of the fry of fish 

 in bazars — On the necessity or the reverse of fence months. 



Reports from European Officials .... 



Chief Secretary to Government — Revenue Commissioners — Collector of 

 Ahmedabad, Collector of Broach, and Assistant Collector — Collector 

 of Kaira and Assistant Collector — Collector of Surat— Secretary 

 to Municipality and Assistant Collector — Collector of Khandeish. 

 Major Probyn, and Assistant Collector — Extra First Assistant 

 Collector, Punch Mahals — Collector of Nasik— Collector of Ahmed- 

 nugger, Acting First Assistant, and Acting Second Assistant — 

 Collector of Puna, Assistant Collector, and First Assistant Collector 

 — Collector of Tanna — Collector of Colaba— Collector of Satara — 

 Collector of Kaladgi — Collector of Sholapur — Collector of Belgaum, 

 First Assistant Collector, and Assistant Collector — Collector of 

 Dharwar and the Assistant Collector — Collector of Ratnagiri, Deputy 

 Conservator, and Assistant Collector — Collector of Cauara. 



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Reports from JS'atire Officials . 



Ahmedabad Collectorate, from Mamlutdars of Duskroee, Gogo, Purantey, 

 Sanund, Dhundooka, Dholka, Veerumgam, and Morassa— Broach 

 Collectorate, Erom Broach, Jumboosur, Ahmode, and Hansote — 



Kaira Collectorate— Khandeish Collectorate — Nasik Collectorate — 

 Ahmednugger Collectorati — Puna Collectorate— Colaba Collectorate, 

 from Alibag, IVnn, K'oha, Mangam, and Mhar — Satara Collectorate 

 —Kaladgi Collectorate— Sholapur — Belgaum — Dharwar Collector- 



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ate. From Dharwar. 

 Bunkapur, Hangu 

 Kode. 



Petta Moogud, ETooblee, Nowlgoond, Dumbul, 

 Ranebedume, Kurujgbee, Rutghutgbee, and 



