I'agw. 



R:/'(ii-li from T!itropcan OJJii'hiI.s .... ciii 



Ollii intiiit; Sucretary to Uiu Cliiuf Commissionei' — Siipeiiiileiulent of tlie 

 Niinilidiup; Division— Dfiiuty SupeiintoiKloiil of liangaliu-, ('ulonel 

 PiuUli'— Niifjar Division, Dcimly Sii|i(:rin(onclcnts of Sliiniii^a. 

 CliiUililrnj', and Kadooi- — Dqiniy SniierinkMideut of TiiuiUiir — 

 Deputy Siipeiiuteiident of Kol.ir. 



Re/Hir/x from Nalii'c 0/Jicials . . • . . . • • '^^ 



Nnndidiii;;' Division, IVoni tliu Amildars — Asti-ajjaui Division, from llie 

 * Anjildars — ll.issan Distric. fVoni llie Amildars — Nagnr District, 

 from llie Amildars — Ooorg, from the Amildars. 



11 Aii>AR\nAi) . • . . . • ■ • . ■ '^^''' 



Fislu-ries in Uie assigned districts — Fish eaten by a large proportion of 

 tlio people — Markets insniliciuntly supplied — Fisli in tlie waters 

 have decreased — Fisheries (iovernmenl ))roperty — Fishermen, as a 

 rule, have other occniiations 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 hut little diflienlty in prohihiting the sale ol 

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

 uicasures — How rules would atl'ect fishermen — Proposals respecting 

 regulating the minimum size of the mesli of nets — Conelusions 

 from the reports — Fence months. 



O/iini'iis of European Officials . . . .ex 



Second Assistant liesident — Olficiating Coniuiissi(Mier of West Berar — 

 Deputy Commissioner of Akola — Deputy Commissioner of Bnl- 

 dana — Assistant Commissioner of Bassim — Deputy Commissioner 

 of Amraotee — Deputy Commissioner of Ellichpoor — Deputy Com- 

 missioner of Woon. 



Opinions of Niilive Officials ..... cxii 



Tehsildar of Alcola — Tehsildar of Buldana — Tehsildar of Bassim — 

 Tehsildar of Amraotee — Tehsildar of llortizapur'^Tchsildar of 

 Chandore — Tehsildar of Morsee — Of Woon District. 



CisNTiiAL Provinces ...... csv 



Majority of people may eat fish — Markets how snpidied — AVhetlier fisli 

 in the waters have increivsed 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- 

 nmm 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. Nagpur Division, Collectors of Nagpiir, 

 Bhaudara, Chanda, Wardlia, and Balagbat — Deputy Commissioner 

 of Jabaliair — Narbada Division, Ci/lleclors of Betul, Chindwara, 

 lloshangabad, Narsinghpiir, and Nimar — Chhattisgarh Division, 

 Collectors of Raipiir, Sambalpur and Bilaspiir. 



Opinions of Native Officials ..... cw'n 



Nagpur Division, from five Tehsildars — Jabal|nir Divisions from five 

 Tebsildars— Narbada Division, from five Tehsildars— Chhultisgarh 

 Division, from three Tehsildars — Upper (imlaveri Distri. t, from the 

 Tehsildar of Sironcha. 



