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HAIDAEABAD. 



213. In the Assigned Districts the rivers are not of any large size, 



whilst the constant droughts of the last few 

 Fisheries in the Haidarabad y ears are considered to have done much to 

 Assigned Districts. impoverish such fisheries as exist in these 



smaller rivers and tanks. 



214. The proportion of people who eat fish if they can obtain it is thus 



given by the various Tehsildars : — in Bui- 

 Fish est eemed by a large pro- d nine . t eilths, in Bassim two-thirds, in 

 portion of the population. . > > 



Akola one-third, in Amraote and Mortizapur 

 one-quarter, and in Woon at seven per cent ; these figures clearly show- 

 ing that fish as food is esteemed by a very large proportion of the resi- 

 dents. 



215. As to how the markets are supplied with fish J Seven native 



officials assert that they are insufficiently so ; 

 ^Markets insufficiently sup- ^ Qnly ^ Tehgildar of Basg i m that the 



" weekly markets^ are well supplied, but that 

 probably more could be sold, conclusively demonstrating that the market 

 supplies do not equal the demands. 



216. Whether the fish have increased, decreased, or remained station- 



Amount in the water decreas- cm J ? There is oul y one Opinion, which is that 

 ing. they have decreased. 



217. As regards whose these fisheries are? In West Berar, it is 



stated that fishing rights do not exist, for 

 Fisheries Government pro- -, , • ° , Pi , -m a i 



rfc r under a ryotwan settlement all nsneries are 



common property, indeed belong to Govern- 

 ment, and there do not appear to be any village tanks where the right of 

 reserved fishing could be claimed. 



218. 2 he fishermen, or the class who mostly indulge in it, are the 



_. , , Bhoees and sub-divisions of that caste, num- 



Fishermen have, as a rule, i • • ,i • u m , •, i i • o oun 



other occupations. bermg in the eight lehsildarships b,289 per- 



sons, most of whom, however, pursue other 

 occupations. 



219. Respecting whether breeding fish and fry are destroyed but one 



_ ,. . , , . opinion appears to prevail, namely, that they 



Breeding fish and fry de- l 1X mi 1 ii.ii- 



stroyedtoagreat extent. are > } n evei T possible way, although in some 



districts trajiping is reported not to exist, 

 and fry only to be taken in small quantities ; but as from the same dis- 

 tricts it is stated that stopping the sale of fry would be a little unpo- 

 pular amongst fishermen and fish-eaters, it seems very evident that the 

 amount captured cannot be very small. 



220. If we examine the various minimum sizes of the meshes of the 



Smallest meshes of nets used. nets .employed, we find the six Deputy Com- 



missioners report as follows : — In two they are 

 too small to be measured, in one one-eleventh of an inch, in one three -eighths, 

 in one one-eighth, in one one-third of an inch between knot and knot of 

 the meshes. 



