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265. In tlic Oifiatlispnrli Divisinti, tliive Teli.iililnvK rnport, ns 



foUdws : — that tlieic are 2 l,72S lisliciinen, :\ll 



nim i '^f '7r'' ^^"^T "'''" or whom have other occnnntiot.s, they are of tlie 

 nions ot Native uiTKMiilfl, . * ' y , 



same castes as in (he otticr divisions; tlie 

 markets in all of the throe districts are insufTiciently siijiplied, except during 

 the rainy season, when a considerahle atnoiint of fiy is taken and disposed of. 

 In two tehsils 75 per cent., and in one 95 per cent., are said to be fisii- 

 eaters ; the amount in tlie waters is stated to be stationary in two districts; 

 no answer from the third. Large quantities of fry are reported to be cap- 

 tured during the rains, computed in one tohsil at nearly 25,(100 maunds 

 (2,000,0001138, reckoning the maund at 80tbs.] In two tehsils the smallest 

 mesh of the nets employed is given at quarter of an inch ; in the remain- 

 ing one at the size ot a grain of barley. Fish are extensively trapped in 

 the rice-fields in all the three districts. The modes already alluded to 

 in the other divisions are in existence in this, and poisoning of the water 

 is stated to occur in two of the tehsils. 



2GG. In the Upper Godavcri District, the Telisildar of SiroiicJia 



reports 4,241 fishermen, Init few indeed of 

 Upper Oo<laveri Distriet. ^|,j^ ,„,mber, i^erhaiis 200, are solely deiiend- 



Opiiiion of tlie lehsiUliir. ,i i I • ' c r \ c i- r. i 



ant on the taking ot lisli tor a liveliliooci ; 



their castes are Dhimnr, Gollawal, Orawal, IJestwal, and ncnarwal. Fish 

 are only bartered ; 97 per cent, of the people would cat it could they 

 procure it. A decrease in the number of the tank-produced fish is be- 

 lieved to have occurred since the district has formed a ]iortion of the 

 liritish territory. Previously, the people were prevented from killing 

 fish in tanks, unless they paid some fees or share of fish to the 

 local Talukdar. The quantity in the rivers is not known to have 

 decreased, but if the nallas are completely swept of them, it is most 

 certain that the amount in the rivers will likewise fall off, and therefore 

 it is thought that there must bo a decrease. Large qunntitios of fry arc 

 destroyed in the rains; the meshes of the nets are about a quarter of an 

 inch in width. There are no irrigated fields, except from wells, in this 

 district, but fish are trapped. 



