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nine-tenths, Sahem one-fourth. In two of the tehsils fish are said to 

 have decreased of late years, and in one to have remained stationary. Small 

 ones are caught during- the rains, the minimum sized mesh employed 

 being* from | to ^ an inch between the knots. Fish are not trapped 

 during the rains in two tehsils, but are in the remainiug one. 



36. Inthe Berajat division, the four Tehsildars of Banu report as fol- 



lows: — There are no regular fishermen, the 

 JS£a2£l££»5£ ™™" A ™ occasionally catch fish, as do also the 

 Miamaoli, Lakki, Dera Gazi Mahomedans tor their own eating : the mar- 

 Khan, Sangarh, Rajanpur, Jam- kets are not supplied. The Tehsildar of Band 

 pur, Dera, Liah, Bhakkar, Kola- reportg that figfc fc very litt l e eaten in his 



tehsil ; in Isakhel that all the Mahomedans 

 will when they can procure it ; in Miamaoli that most classes will eat it 

 when they happen to get it, but they do not take any trouble about 

 it ; and at Lakki that no one eats fish because there are none to eat. 

 The supply appears to have remained stationary : very small ones are not 

 taken in any quantity during the rains. The minimum size of the mesh 

 employed is about ^ an inch between knot and knot. Fish are not trapped 

 in the irrigated fields during the rains. The four Teshildars of Dera 

 Gazi Khan state that in Dera Gazi Khan and Sangarh there are no fisher- 

 men, in Rajanpur there are 125, in Jampur 16, they follow other occu- 

 pations. The markets in two tehsils are moderately supplied, but insuffi- 

 ciently so in the others, still in most more could be sold. In Dera Gazi 

 Khan most of the city people are said to eat fish when it is in season ; 

 in Rajanpur three quarters of those who are within reach of the markets : 

 in Jampur the majority. The supply has decreased in Dera Gazi 

 Khan, but largely increased in Rajanpur and Jampur. Small fish are not 

 taken during the rains, neither are breeding ones trapped in the irrigated 

 fields. The minimum size of the meshes of nets employed is ^ an inch 

 between the knots. In Dera Ismail Khan the four Tehsildars stated that 

 there are 40 fishermen in the Dera tehsil, 10 or 12 in Liah, about the 

 same number in Bhakkar, but only 4 or 5 in Kolachi. During the hot 

 weather, as the river rises, all cultivate land : they are of the Jat caste, 

 section Muchiarrah. The local markets are not fully supplied, and 

 much more could be profitably sold. The proportion of people who 

 eat fish is not large, even in the town of Dera Ismail Khan, and few 

 depend on it in the district as a source of food. They have decreased 

 this year owing to the heavy floods of last season. The smallest mesh 

 employed in the nets is ^ an inch in size. Fish are rarely trapped during 

 the freshes of the river. 



37. In the Mid tan Division the Tehsildars report that there are 



28 fishermen, all of whom are Mahomedans, 



JwS£?rf M^Tdt <"\ tt , l P n T ° thel ; °<=™P?«™\ Fish are never 



trict; Ala dal Khau, Honorary sold in the markets, although about 50 per 



Magistrate, Kbangarh : Daro- cent, of the people eat them; the supply in the 



gahSh^e Shah (Hyatolla Khan); waters j s more this year than last season. 



Alian Mahbab Gurhuiani; the -r,. , , . •'. . . 



Tehsildars of Muzaffargarh, Kot *ish are not taken during the rams, as it is a 



Adu, Montgomery, Gugaira, Pak- popular belief that if used as food at this period 



patan, Kiaz Hoss.iu Multan, tlie occasion sickness. The smallest mesh 

 bhooiabad, Lodhran, Mailsi, be- J , ■, . , ,, n , -,-,., 



raieSaidhu. employed is |th or an inch square. *ish are 



not trapped in the irrigated fields. There 



