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 LIV. How are the local markets s!i})2^lied with Jinh ? In 



Locnlmailtets insumcicully sup. tllO Pailjab, OUt of 76 tclisils, in 



plied with fish. ojjly 7 are thoy reported to be fully 



supplied, and in 48 insufTicicntly so Uiroui^hout the year. 

 Where tish are sold, the price of it bears a relative proportion 

 to that of mutton. In Sind, markets near Inrge dhdnds on 

 the liivcr Indus are fairly supplied. In the North-Western 

 Provinces, the markets are suUieiently supplied in 13 locali- 

 ties, iusufliciently in 23, occasionally in 2, and doubtful in 2 

 more. In the ])oon tlie size of the fish brought is yearly 

 decreasing; whilst in Nynec Tal and Almorah a decrease 

 is very noticeable (p. cxlv). In Ondh (p. cxxvii) 

 three- fourths of the markets are stated to have a larger 

 demand than supply. In the Bombay Presidency, every 

 otTicial who has answered this question, with the exception 

 of one mamlutdar, asserts that the local markets are insuffi- 

 ciently supplied with fresh fish. In the Assigned Districts 

 of Ilaidarabad, 7 native officials report that they are in- 

 sufTieiently so, and the remaining 1 that the "weekly markets" 

 are w^ell supplied, but that probably more could be sold, thus 

 evidencing tiiat the supjily is unequal to the demand. In 

 Mysor and Coorg, a generally insutticient supjily of fresh 

 fish is obtained in the markets. In Madras, when within 

 easy reach of the sea, they would appear to be supplied: but out 

 of 39 tehsildars -who report from inland, 4 state the supply is 

 sutTicient, and 35 that it is iusuflicient, or absent. In 13engal 

 Proper, tliere is a deficiency of native returns (p. clxxix). 

 At Eurdwan, the supply does not equal the demand. In 

 ILooghly, the markets are said to be fairly supplied, but "the 

 fishermen, however, try to keep up the market price by 

 limiting the supply." In Assam, the reports are contradictory ; 

 in most places the amount sold is suflQcicnt, but in some 

 jKU'ts it is not. In Burma, only IS returns from native 

 ofTieials liave been received ; 4i observe that the markets are 

 fidly supplied, 1 that they are fail ly so, 2 that they are at 

 times, 9 that they are insufficiently, and 2 that they are 

 sold sometimes in sufficient quantities — sometimes more, some- 

 times less. Thus, out of 243 returns received from native 

 oilirials giving definite answers, 180 observe that the 

 markets are insutficieutly sup[)lied witii fish, 7 that they 

 are occasionally supplied, 3 that they are fairly so, but 1 of 

 these remarks that they are marine fishes; 45 consider they 

 are fully supplied, but 9 state that the supply is chiefly of 

 sea species, often salted : the answers of 8 are doubtful. 



