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Madras — (First Report) . • • • _ . lxiii 



Origin of answers — The fresh-water fisheries — Few perennial rivers—- 

 Bales suggested as only to affect perennial rivers — Majority of 

 people eat fish — Inland' markets insufficiently supplied— Fish in 

 waters has generally decreased — Fisheries Government property — 

 Fishermen, with but few exceptions, only follow this occupation in 

 addition to their usual work — Breeding fish destroyed— Fry killed 

 in large numbers — Minimum size of the mesh of nets and inter- 

 stices in cruives— Fixed engines, damming and poisoning waters — 

 Conclusions based upon reports— Measures of amelioration which 

 have been proposed — Personal propositions in 18GS — Orders of the 

 Madras Government and the Bevenue Board — Fresh-water fisheries 

 in Madras prior to Government investigations — Personal observa- 

 tions in the Presidency — Beply to an observation that regulating 

 the minimum size of the mesh of nets would be cruel to the poor — ■ 

 Further propositions — Proposal of Bevenue Board to appoint two 

 Inspectors of Fisheries. 



/Reports, Sfc.,from European Officials .... Ixx 



Proceedings of the Board of Bevenue : their draft rules for fresh-water 

 fisheries— Proposal for Draft Fishery Act — Circular orders in 1848 — 

 Instructions to Collectors — Collector of Ganjam, Collector of Viza- 

 gapatam, Collector of Godaveri, and the Bevd. Dr. Murphy — 

 Assistant Collector of the Kistna districts, Executive Engineer, 

 Acting Collector, &c. — Collector of Nellur and Major Clay- 

 Collector of Bellary and Acting Collector — Collector of Tanjur — 

 Collector of Triehinopoly — Collector of Cuddapah— Collector of 

 Kurnal, the Assistant Collector, the Acting Head Assist. nit, the 

 Deputy Collector of Peapally, and the Deputy Collector of Kurnal — 

 Collector of Madras — Collector of Chingleput — Collector of Salem — 

 Collector of North Arcot and Acting Collector — Collector of South 

 Arcot and Sub-Collector — Collector of Tinuevelli — Collector and 

 Acting Collector of Madura and Mr. Nelson — Collector of Coini- 

 batore — Collectors of Malabar — Collector of South Canara — Experi- 

 mental trial of pisciculture in South Canara. 



Reports from Native Officials ... . x. ii 



Ganjam Collectorate, the Tehsildar of Chicacole, Gumsur, and Berham- 

 pore — Vizagapatam Collectorate, mi answers — Godaveri Collectorate, 

 from Ramachendrapur, Amalapuram, Narsapuram, Rajahmundry, 

 Bhimavaram, Tanuku, Peddapuram, Ellur, Coconada, Tuni, Pitta- 

 pur, Yernagudem. and Coring! Kistna Collectorate. from Tehsil- 

 dars — Nellur Collectorate, from the Tehsildars — Bellary Collect- 

 orate. from the Tehsildars— Tanjur Collectorate, no replies — ■ 

 Triehinopoly Collectorate, from five Tehsildars — Cuddapah Collect- 

 orate, no replies — Kurnal Collectorate, from seven Tehsildars — 

 Chingleput Collectorate, from six Tehsildars — Salem Collectorate, 

 three replies — North Arcot Collectorate, no replies — South Arcot 

 Collectorate, from one Tehsildar — Tinuevelli Collectorate, from 

 eight Tehsildars — Madura Collectorate, from the Tehsildars— Coim- 

 batore Collectorate, from ten Tehsildars — .Malabar Collectorate, 

 from one Sub-Collector — South Canara Collectorate, no replies. 



Mysore and Coorg ...... c i 



Their fresh-water fisheries — At least half the people eat fish — Markets 

 generally insufficiently supplied — Fish decreasing — Fishermen also 

 follow other occupations — Breeding fish and fry extensively des- 

 troyed — Every poaching mode pursued — Conclusions from the 

 reports — Localities where fishing is carried on — Fisheries which 

 have no perennial supply of water — Those which possess a peren- 

 nial supply. 



