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liiU'd ; (liis pidliibilion to tako efTccL from the Isl July 1871, aiul Lo bo in 

 force iu all watcMS, both salt and fiusli, classed as Government lislieries. 

 The draining; of all tanks, the property of Government, for the purpose 

 of catching- fish, and the poisoning- of water for the purpose of catching 

 (Ish iuall tanks, rivers, and streams, should be strictly prohibited. Notices 

 should be issued that ])ersons detected in the last-named practice will bo 

 proceeded against criminally. All tishing- with nets or loaded-hooks 

 within 200 yards of any anient or other masonry work extending- across 

 a Government stream should be prohibited. All lishing- iu irrig-atioii 

 channels, the property of Government, which communicate with the sea, 

 from October to February, both inclusive, should be prohibited. The 

 foUowinj^ scale of rewards for the destruction of vermin should be offered 

 if killed within one mile of an anient or masonry dam : — each alligator 

 rvrocudile was the animal for whose destruction I sugg-csted rewards slioul J 

 be offered, and the Madras Gi)vcrnment agreed to. I hardly think it 

 would be of use giving- them for alligators, as those reptiles are peculiar 

 to the American continent] 6 feet long and upwards, lis. 5; from 

 2 to feet, Rs. 2 ; under i? feet, Re. 1 ; every egg, 2 annas ; each 

 otter, Re. 1. Collectors should submit a list of the localities in 

 their respective districts wliC'C they would recommend that rewards 

 should be given. Collectors o'' Godaveri, Kistna, and Tanjur will take 

 measures for passing a certain number of iish over the anicuts by netting 

 them in the manner proposed by Lieutenant Vibart, ii. li. Collectors will 

 understand that these orders apply only to tidal estuaries of considerable 

 extent, and to inland tanks and streams which, as a rule, retain water 

 throughout the year in sulUcient tjuantity to keep up a constant supply 

 of fish, and are the property of Government. A list of all such estuaries 

 and fresh-water reservoirs and streams as Collectors consider should bo 

 classed as Government iisheries, should be submitted without delay. It 

 is not intended to interfere with the usual practice of catching tish in 

 small tanks which do not retain water throughout the year, nor with any 

 rivers but those possessing a perennial supply of water. Channels, 

 however, such as those under the Godaveri and Kistna anicuts, which, 

 although ilry for certain seasons, communicate with rivers and back- 

 waters having a perpetual supply of water, may be included. 



149. Tlie ActiiKj Collector of Ganjam (June Mth, 1870) observed 



that no protective measure in respect to lish- 

 G ^■•uu°" "^ "'" *^""^'^''°'' °^ *-'>'i*^s appear to be necessary iu his district, 

 ""-''""■ as the rivers have little or no water in them 



save when the freshes come down ; most of the tanks are also in the same 

 condition for some months in the year. The water is never poisoned or 

 drained for the purpose of catehiug the fish. The practice of renting 

 out the right to tish in rivers, tanks, ' tamparas' (large lakes), back- 

 waters, &c , for a term of years already obtains in the district. 



150. The Collector of' \"nagapataiii (July 17th, 18(50) remarked, that 



the fresh-water fisheries of the district aie 

 Opiuiou of the Collector of ^,tt^3j.] i„signilieant ; the rivers are mere hill 



streams, dry tor the greater part ot the year, 

 and there are few tanks of a suflleient size to make lishing in them of 

 any consef|uenee. TTntil the abolition of the mofiupha, a tax was levied 

 upon fishermen which might [icrhaps be called a rent for tlie right ol 



