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K.UrtTTANA. . 



Opinions of European Officials ..... 

 Governor General's Agent and Commissioner of Ajmir — Deputy Com- 

 missioner of Ajmir. 



Oui>ir .....•• 



Opinions of Chief Commissioner — Large proportion of people fish- 

 eaters— Supply in markets unequal to demand — Fry largely killed 

 during the rains — The smallest size mesh of nets— Breeding fish 

 trapped in irrigated fields — Whether the sale of fry should be 

 prohibited. 



Opinions of European Officials .... 



Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Faizabad — Chief Com- 

 missioners — Commissioner of Faizabad — Those of the Collectors — 

 Collector of Lucknow — Collector of Unas — Collector of Bara 

 Banki — Collector of Sitapur and Captain Thompson — Collector of 

 Hardui and of the Settlement Officer — Collector of Rai Bareli — 

 Collector of Sultanpur — Collector of Pratabgarh. 



Opinion of Native Officials ..... 

 Faizabad Division, from Tehsildars — Lucknow Tehsildar — Unas 

 Tehsildar— Sufleepur Tehsildar Purwah Tehsildar— Mohan 

 Tehsildar — Kantha Rungit Singh Mara Wan, Ganga Sahib 

 Bangermoro Gopal Singh — Nawabgunj Tehsildar — Futtehpiir 

 Tehsildar— Samahi Ghat Tehsildar— Hydergurh Tehsildar— Sitapur- 

 Hurdui Tehsildar — Shahabad Tehsildar — Sundeela Tehsildar — 

 Bilgram Tehsildar — Rai Bareli Tehsildar — Sultanpur — Putti — 

 Pratabgarh Tehsildar — Behar Tehsildar. 



Nokth-Westekn Provinces ..... 



Area and population — Rivers, canals, and rainfall — Ganges and Jumna 

 rivers how replenished — Fishes of North -Western Provinces — Impe- 

 diments to fish-breeding, as canals, &c. — Fixed engines and damming 

 streams — Majority of population fish-consumers — Markets insuffi- 

 ciently supplied — Fish decreasing in the waters — Fishermen, as a rule, 

 also have other occupations — Breeding fish and fry destroyed — 

 Modes of fishing pursued — Conclusions — Reasons given for inacti- 

 vity — Advisable steps — Propositions for temporary measures. 



Opinions of European Officials .... 



Lieutenant-Governor — Commissioner of Meerut — Superintendent of the 

 Doon — The Collectors of Meerut and Mozuffernuggur — Commissioner 

 of Rohilcund — The Collectors of Budaon, Shahjehanpiir, Bijnour, 

 Moradabad, and Bareilly — Commissioner of Kumaon, Senior Assist- 

 ant Major Fisher — Assistant Commissioner of Gurhwal — Superin- 

 tendent, Terai — Commissioner of Benares — Magistrate of Goruckpiir — 

 Collectors of Bustee, Mirzapur, Benares, and Ghazeepur — Deputy 

 Collector of Ghazeepur — Collector and Civil Surgeon of Azimgurh — 

 Commissioner of Jhansi — 'Deputy Commissioners of Jalora and 

 Lullutpur — Assistant Commissioner — Commissioner of Allahabad — 

 Collectors of Jompiir, Futtehpiir, Allahabad, Hunipur, Bauda, and 

 Cawnpore — Commissioner of Agra — Collectors of Furruckabad, 

 Etawah, and Agra — Mr. Adams — Collectors of Muttra and Etah. 



Opinions of Native Officials 

 Meerut Division — Rohilcund Division — Benares Division- 



-Jhansi Divi- 



sion- 



- Allahabad Division — Agra Division. 



Bengal ( First Report) ...... 



Province — Main rivers — Fish largely eaten — Local markets insufficiently 

 supplied — Fish have decreased — The fishermen — Breeding fish 

 destroyed — Fry wastefully killed — Stocking ponds — Modes of fish- 

 ing — Conclusions — Remedies proposed. 



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