( 5)7 ) 



l^^obruary nrc suitable (pp. Ixxix, Ixxiv) for tlioii tlio 

 (loods liave subsided, jiiid the l)iilk of tlio fish arc 

 cauglit on tlicir rcluni to llic soa : (liis period, ]iowcv(>r, is 

 considered as too long ])y ibo ]\ladras Revenue ]3oard. 

 Again, it lias been suggested (bat in b)ealities wliere the 

 water becomes very low in tlio rivers during the dry season, 

 certain pools should bo protected, as the whole of the fish 

 can be swept out of ibcni with the greatest ease. Tliis is 

 especially reeomniendt^d in hilly districts in the (\ry (not 

 cold) months of the year in the Himalayas (pp. vii, xiv, xvi) : 

 also in Trichinopoly and Tinnivelli, in pools of rivers below 

 irrigation weirs whenever a good stream docs not exist 

 (pp. Ixxx, Ixxxv) : and in South Canara (p. xci). The 

 mcasvu'es stated to be necessary in the Kaugra ])is(rict of 

 the Himalayas are, amongst others, "partially a system of 

 (lovernmcnt preserves, such as was always in force in the 

 time of the llajas" (p. xvi). In some i)laces, as the 

 Himalayas, it bas been ])roposed that the young of 

 certain fish should be locally protected : also in liombay 

 (p. lii) and in Madras (pp. Ixxii, x(!ii), but, as bas been ob- 

 served, — who is to decide what arc the young ? 



XCVIII. Omitting weirs, fixed engines and bunding 



On (he n,-rrsM-tv of rrguiat- ^^'^'i^"'' ''^i^c bccn sc[)ara(,ely dealt witli, 

 \nn the miiiiimim size of the tlic ncxt most prominent question is 

 "'"'''"f""^'- the necessity of regulating the mini- 



mum size of the mesh of the nets, on which subject very con- 

 tradictory opinions have been advanced. Commencing Avith 

 the Panjab, in parts of Avhich such have been tried, twenty- 

 one answers from European ofbcuals have been received : 

 seventeen (])p. x, xi, xii, xiii, xiv, xvii) consid(>r that no 

 objections exist, although one believes such lobe unnecessary 

 (]). x), and another (p. xvii) that it is unadvisal)l(\ Out of 

 ilic four that object, one does so on account of a contiguous 

 .■md evidently unruly border populaiion (p. ix) : a second, 

 due to the want of a legal enaclnient, coupled wilh a. direct 

 loss of revenue which might accrue (p. xi) : a third, that 

 supervision would be im]iossible in the bills (]). xiv) : and 

 a ibiu'ih, iliat if the ])eople might not eat the fiy, wiiat were 

 (,hey to oblain at that season ? (p. xiv). In the Central Pro- 

 vinces it is observed that regulatiojis must be legalised iu 

 order to be carried out (]). I.) 



XCIX. Of those who have pro))Osed that a minimum 



MiniuuMu uicsh ui mt i.io- sizc sliould bc llxcd bv law, or 

 i"""''- that if such were so decided upon, 



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