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IS. /nits from European Officials 

 Officiating Secretary to the Chief Commissioner — Superintendent of the 

 Nundidrug Division — Deputy Superintendent of Bangalur, Colonel 

 Pmkle — Nagar Division, Deputy Superintendents of Shimoga, 

 Chituldrug, and Kadoor — Deputy Superintendent o£ Tumkur — 

 Deputy Superintendent of Kolar. 



J\ 'e ports from Native Officials ..... cv 



Nundidrug Division, from the Amildars — Astragam Division, from the 

 Amildars — Hassan District, from the Amildars — Nagar District, 

 from the Amildars — Coorg, from the Amildars. 



IIatdarabad . . . . . . . cviii 



Fisheries in the assigned districts — Fish eaten by a large proportion of 

 the people — Markets insufficiently supplied — Fish in the waters 

 have decreased — Fisheries Government property — Fishermen, as a 

 rule, have other occupations as well — Breeding fish and fry 

 destroyed to a great extent — Smallest meshes of nets used — Trapping 

 and snaring, damming, lading, and poisoning waters practised — 

 There would he but little difficulty in prohibiting the sale of 

 fry in the bazars — Opinions as to the necessity for protective 

 measnres — How rules would affect fishermen — Proposals respecting 

 regulating the minimum size of the mesh of nets — Conclusions 

 from the reports — Fence months. 



Opinions of European Officials . . . .ex 



Second Assistant Resident — Officiating Commissioner of West Berar — 

 Deputy Commissioner of Akola — Deputy Commissioner of Bul- 

 dana — Assistant Commissioner of Bassim — Deputy Commissioner 

 of Amraotee — Deputy Commissioner of Ellichpoor — Deputy Com- 

 missioner of Woon. 



Opinions of Native Officials ..... cxii 



Tehsildar of Akola — Tehsildar of Buldana — Tehsildar of Bassim — 

 Tehsildar of Amraotee — Tehsildar of Mortizapur— Tehsildar of 

 Chandore — Tehsildar of Morsee — Of Woon District. 



Central Provinces ...... cxv 



Majority of people may eat fish — Markets how supplied — Whether fish 

 in the waters have increased or decreased — Fishermen, as a rule, have 

 other occupations — Breeding fish how destroyed Fry killed whole- 

 sale — The smallest size of the mesh of nets — Other modes of 

 fishing — Remedial measures proposed — As to regulating the mini- 

 mum size of the mesh of nets — Whether the sale of fry in bazars 

 ought to be prohibited — Fence months. 



Opinions of European Officials ..... cxvii 

 Chief Commissioner. Nagpiir Division, Collectors of Nagpiir, 

 Bhandara, Chanda, Wardha, and Balaghat — Deputy Commissioner 

 of Jabalpur — Narbada Division, Collectors of Betul, Chindwara, 

 Hoshangabad, Narsinghpur, and Nimar — Chhattisgarh Division, 

 Collectors of Eaipiir, Sambalpur and Bilaspur. 



Opinions of Native Officials ..... exxii 



Nagpiir Division, from five Tehsildars — Jabalpur Divisions from five 

 Tehsildars — Narbada Division, from five Tehsildars — Chhattisgarh 

 Division, from three Tehsildars — Upper Godaveri District, from the 

 Tehsildar of Siruucha. 



