liill streams (enncil ' kus ' dry up diiriny tlie grenter part of tlie your 

 and are not lisliod, wliilst there are no jliils or pools. In tlie river 

 along- the Piud Dadun Khan tehsil, 45 miles in length, no fishing is 

 practised, due to there being no markets for the sale of fish, as the 

 natives will not eat them. The Officiating Depufi/ Gommissiouer of 

 Slui/ipur reports, that neither breeding nor young fish are destroyed in 

 Ills district ; only one license was taken out, and that to supply lish to 

 ofiicers and Labus in the station. T/ie Dcptilij Commissioner of 

 Gujrat reports, that breeding and young fish are not destroyed in his 

 district, wliilst there are no breeding lish so low down the river. The 

 minimum size of the mesh of nets em])loyed is ^ of an inch ; no difii- 

 eulties exist in regulating it, and 1^ inches is proposed as suitable, 

 llespecting what objections exist against prohibiting the sale of the fry 

 of fish in the bazars ? he remarks, " the fry of fish is not understood. 

 Jheewurs, ' Hindus,' commonly sell fried iisli in the bazars, and I hear 

 of no objection to it." He considers that two months close time 

 in the hilly districts might lie introduced. 



25. The Officiutinc/ Commissioner of the Derajat Division merely 



forwards papers received. The Officiating 



Derajat Division.— Anaweta of Deputy Commissioner of BdnA reports that 



the Eu.o,,ca,. ..llKi.,1. of I^mui. |,,^.^.Ji„g. fig], ,,„J yg g^,.,]! 0,^.3 ..^.^ „^j^ 



Dciu Gazi Khiu, and Dera » . l ■ 1 ■ t , • i j.\ l 



Ismail Khan. destroyed to any extent in lus district ; that 



the smallest size of the mesh of nets is \ of 

 an inch between knot and knot, whilst, as very few fish are caught, it is 

 unnecessary to regulate the minimum size of the mesh employed. No 

 fish are sold in the bazars. The Deputy Commissioner of Dera Gdzi 

 Khan observes, that very little fish are caught in the northern part of the 

 district; the local market is well supplied, but by fishermen belonging 

 to the Muzafi'argarh side of the Indus. A certain quantity of fish is 

 caught in Jampur, but they are principally taken in the c(dd season 

 in dhunds left by the subsidence of the Indus. A considerable amount 

 of small fry is captured, and minute-meshed nets are in common use. 

 There would be no difllculty in regulating the size of the mesh to be 

 employed, but such restrictions are considered to be unnecessary. He 

 continues that gulls take more small fish than fishermen ! IV/e Oj/iciafini/ 

 Deputy Commissioner of Dera Ismail Khan observes, breeding fish and 

 very young ones are not destroyed to a great extent. The smallest size 

 mesh of the nets is \ an inch between knot and knot. There would be no 

 difficulty in regidaling it, and \ an inch between knot and knot is 

 proposed as the minimum size. The fry of fish are said not to be sold 

 iu the bazars. 



26. The Officiating Deputy Commissioner, Jhang, obsei-ves, that he 



thinks there is a tendency to destroy breeding 

 Mulian Division.— kwaviiivaai and very young lish in the rainy season 



the Kiironeau ofliciala of Jliaiii;, i i-i i' 11 1 1 i- 1 * i_ • i • 



M IV 1 m. t i by the use 01 small ineslied nets, but in Ins 



jMuznIlaigttil), Monttjomeiy, auu i . . ' . 



jlultiiu. district the evil is not general, owing to the 



fishing population consisting of but few 

 persons. The meshes of some of the nets are as small as about one-eighth 

 of an inch square, and no difiieulty stands in the way of the enforcement 

 of any enactment on the subject of regulating' the minimum size to bo 

 employed, which it is projiosed should be one inch square. No objections 



