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IIAJPUTANA. 



267. The Secretary to the Qovernor General's Agent in Rajputana 



forwarded two letters, with enclosures, from the 

 Ruiputftun. Opimouoftlie Commissioner of Jjmir, who observes tliat there 



are 110 pereiiiual streams in lus (listriet, but four 

 perennial tanks or lakes, viz., Anasagur Ijake, in which the supply of fish 

 is most inade(piate, and some of the better doseriiitions, as the Ruhoo, 

 Cirrhinarohita, are not found; the Piishkar, a holy lake, where neither 

 the lives of fish or crocodiles can be taken, though probably there would 

 be no objection to the eggs of the latter being destroyed ; the Raiiisur, 

 where the fish supply is good, provided water exists, but this was so 

 deficient hist year that it only contained a cupfuU ; lastly, the Nearan, 

 which, when full, has a fair amount of fish; however, it was quite dry 

 in 1871. Sometimes there is a fifth at lihir. The rivers Bunas and 

 Khari are perennial streams, which, whilst passing through the British 

 territory, contain no iish. 



268. The Deputy Commissioner of Ajmir reports that water only 



exists in the streams in his district for a 

 _ Opinion of Deputy Commis- fj.^days (luring the rainy season, and that 

 Bioiier of Ajunr. , •' ■=■ . ,•/. , „ ' , , 



they do not contain edible iish. " The 



Khari Nuddi, and Bunas on our borders, .are the only streams in which 

 fish could be bred and preserved, but the localities are not in our district, 

 but in (I believe) the Jaipur State." The fishing in the llamsur and 

 Nearan tanks are generally leased out, as water is usually present all the 

 year round, and a fair supjily of fish is afforded to the cantonment of 

 Nusirabad. " This year the lease has been taken up by a banker of 

 Ajmir with the avowed purpose of preventing the catching of fish." 

 This preservative process, it is suggested, will bring up the supply again 

 after the loss sustained by the late drought, whereby the Nearan lank 

 became quite dry, and that at Ramsur had only about a cupfuU of 

 water left in it. lie observes tliat " were we to be provided with reservoirs 

 holding water all the year round, it would be a great boon to have them 

 stocked with good edible fish, and they could be readily preserved. Till 

 such time as we have reservoirt, of this kind, it will be useless to attempt 

 to preserve fish in the district." Crocodiles are only found in the Ana- 

 sagur tank (except the sacred Pushkur one), and their destruction he 

 considers perfectly feasible at a small expense; if sanctioned, they could 

 be killed by Shikaris, and rewaids offered for their eggs. 



