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Arlivg Collector reported lliat llic fresh-water fislieries existing in tlio 

 cloven liiloolcas in Ins district arc as follows : — Tn Nowlgoond and Roan 

 flsli arc caufrht in (lie ]Mnl)irablia river, wliicli skirts the norllicrn bound- 

 ary of these tatookas. In Dharwah fish are taken in some of the 

 large tanks which retain water all the year ronnd ; in a few they 

 arc large and |ilcntiful, chiefly the " mnrrell" and ")iarah." In Ilooblcc 

 there are no streams from which iish are to lie had, but they arc found 

 in large tanks which do not dry. In Dumhnll they are obtained from 

 the Toongbhiidra river which skirts its southern boundary, and 

 also in tlie larger tanks that do not dry np. In Knighutghee they arc 

 found in one or two small streams, also in the larger tanks which do not 

 become dry, viz., Dcvikope, Jhidnecguttee, and Tundioor; these always con- 

 tain a large supiily of Iish. In Bunkapnr there arc numerous tanks contain- 

 ing Iish, but tiiose of the largest size and the most numerous are found in 

 those which retain water all the year round. In Kurnjghee numerous fish 

 are obtained in the rivers Wardali and Toongbhudra, as also in a few of the 

 taidcs. In Hangul the river Wardah and uimierous tanks and ponds that 

 arc ])ereunial contain them, likewise in similar ponds and tanks in Kode and 

 llaneebednorc ; in the former talooka is also the Toongbhudra skirting its 

 southern lioundary, and in the latter the same river forms its eastern 

 limits. The only private right of fishing is in the Bunkapur Talooka at 

 Nagpoor, which the Collector in 1832 declared belonged exclusively to 

 the Wuttundar Patel of Husan Aga. In Kurujghee formerly, the 

 fisheries in some of the tanks and in the Toongbhudra river used to be 

 sold by Government by auction, but this has not been done of late years. 

 In a third Report (March 28th, 1872) it is observed that fishing in the 

 talookas is carried on all the year round in the rivers and large and small 

 tanks. Fish are caught wherever they can be found ; whatever is brought 

 ashore by the net is kept. The minimum size of the mesh is very small ; 

 in some samples appended, it varied from one-tenth to one-thirteenth of 

 an inch between the knots; even the very smallest fry cannot escape. 

 In the larger rivers, the Wardah and Toongbhudra, fishing is continued 

 tliroughout the year, except when they are in flood. In the smaller 

 rivers which soon dry up, it is carried on during the rains. It is 

 also continued all the year round in the large tanks that do not become 

 dry; such, however, are rare in the black soil districts of Dharwar, Nowl- 

 goond. Roan, and Dumbul. Fish appear to exist in larger quantities in 

 tanks situated in red soil. Besides the long nets dragged by a number of 

 men, cast-nets with very fine meshes are used in tlie rivers. In the 

 taidis, besides nets, night lines are employed, and people daily visit them 

 to secure the captures. In some cases the tanks are drained, or nearly 

 so, and then everything that can be caught is taken ; thousands, not one 

 and a half inches in length, being captured by various sorts of nets by 

 the hand, and by fishermen throwing a large sort of basket-net over them. 

 There is no limit either by law or ctistom as to the size of the meshes of 

 the nets, fishing not being interfered with. Were it pro|ioscd to regulate 

 the size of the meshes of the nets, there woidd be difiicuUies, but in no 

 degree insuperable ones, tlic chief being in the supervision that would 

 be required. The Acting Collector observed, that he concurs in the Asnal- 

 ant Collector's views on this subject, namely, that it would be extremely 

 dillicultand unpojjular to fix the size of the meshes of nets to be employed 



