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bodies to obtain advice from this department and supply of fish from the 

 fish farms. 



" As desired by Government a register has been maintained in which 

 the supply of larvicides is being recorded and the Sanitary Commissioner 

 is furnished with particulars of such supplies in each case. 



" Deputation to Hyderabad. — Government in G.O. Mis. No. 4030 of 

 13th December 191 7 sanctioned my deputation to Hyderabad in May or 

 June 191S for a second inspection of the Oosman Sagar tank. Owing to 

 pressure of other urgent work it has not been found possible to undertake 

 the inspection this year." 



Experimental deep-water fishing. — One of the great drawbacks in 

 tank fishing is the inability of the local fishermen to capture fish except 

 when a tank is about to dry up, due to their primitive methods and imple- 

 ments. This is a source of loss both to the fishermen and to the consumer 

 inasmuch as the fishermen do not realize the full value of their catches 

 owing to an abundance offish placed in the market and the consumer is 

 deprived of fresh fish throughout the major part of the year and at times 

 the whole year if the tank does not dry up. Moreover a tank that is not 

 regularly fished does not yield the maximum weight of fish. Government 

 tanks that fail to dry up in any year therefore fetch very little or no 

 rentals. With a view to remedy those evils experiments were initiated in 

 some of the large irrigation tanks near Madras to devise methods and 

 implements to fish tanks throughout the year. 



V. GOVINDAN, 



Piscicultural Expert, Government Fisheries. 



ANNEXURES. 



Statement I showing summary of charges and receipts of the 

 Fishery Department, 19 17-18. 



