ffi/jor/»- fiom Eurii}>ea)i Officittls .... 



Cinmiiis.sioiioi- ol' Siml — Ci)lli'<tiir ol SliiUMqidi— CVilKclor ol Kiirarlii — 

 Collvvtor of lluidivrabivd. 



PiOB. 



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Jiipoi'ts frum Native OlJlciah 



OuUlJAY ....... 



lU fiesli-water fislierica — Reason why some rolums are omitted — Rivcis 

 and inland tanks anitiiMe I'uv lisliuiie.-j^Piopoilion of peoplo who cat 

 fish — Local markets insulliciuntly supidicd — Conipai-ative inice of 

 lai'go and small lisli — Tlio amount of fisli have decreased — Fisheries 

 mostly Qovernment property — Fishermen, as a rule, follow other 

 occupations as well — Mature hreeding-lish trapped and otherwise 

 killed — Fry destroyed to a great extent — Modes of capturing fish — 

 Size of the meshes of nets — Fish how trapped^Waters poisoned — 

 Angling and line fishing — v!onclusions as to the fresh-water lish- 

 cries — Coast lisheries of less conseriucnco than inland ones — Majoiily 

 of people eat lish — State ol' the lisheries — Which are Government 

 property — Number of lishciuieu — Fish trapped during the rains — 

 Fry destroyed to a great extent — Minimum size of the mesh of nets 

 employed — Modes of lishing — Conclusions respecting coast fresh- 

 water li.iheries — Whether advisable to mitigate the present evils in- 

 let them continue — Oliji'ctious to action being taken — Propositions ati 

 to what steps arc desirable —As to the proper minimum size of the 

 mesh of nets — Opinions as 'o prohibiting the sale of the fry of lisb 

 iu bazars — On the neoessitj or the reverse of fence months. 



I\, ports from European Offlcials .... 



iMiief Secretary to Government — Reveuuo Commissionei-s — Collector of 

 Ahmedabad, Collector of Bioacb, and Assistant Collector — Collector 

 of Kaira and Assistant CLilleclor — Collector of Surat— Secretary 

 to Miuiieipality and Assistant Collector — Collector of Kbandeish, 

 ]\Iajor Probyn, and Assistant Collector — Extra First Assistant 

 Collector, Punch Mahals — Cjllector of Nasik— Collector of Abmed- 

 nugger, Acting First Assistant, and Acting Second Assistant — 

 Collector of Puna, Assistant Collector, and First Assistant Collector 

 — Collector of Tanua — Collector of Colaba — Collector of Satara — 

 Collector of Kaladgi — Collector of Sliolapfir — Collector of Pelgaum, 

 First Assistant Collector, and Assistant Collector — Collector of 

 Dharwar and the Assistant Collector — Collector of Ralnagiri, Deputy 

 Conservator, and Assistant Collector — Collector of Cuuara. 



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Ji'i'portsfrom Native Officials ..... 



Ahmedabad Collectorato, from Mamlutdarsof Duskroee, Gogo, Purantey, 

 Sanund, Dhundooka, Dholka, Vecrunigain, and Morassa — liroach 

 Collectorato, from Broach, Jumbooaur, Ahmode, and llansote — 

 Kaira Collectorate — Khandeish CoUectorate^Nasik CoUectorate — 

 Ahmednugger Collectorate — Puna Collectorate — t'olaba Collectorate, 

 from Alibag, Penn, Roba, Mangam, and Mhar — Satara Collectorate 

 — Kahidgi Collectorate — Sholapiir — Relgaum — Dharwar Collector- 

 ate, from Dharwar, Pclta Moogud, Hooblee, Nowlgooud, Dumbul, 

 Dunkapur, llangul, Ranebcdume, Kurujghee, Rulgbutghee, and 

 Kode. 



