cxlv 



most of ilie inlmLilanls. In tlic Bi'iinrcs division, iJic 'J'clisildais of Mir- 

 zajnir couiitutc tiic numbers at (10 pci' rent. ; those of Goiucli|inf and 

 Benares at 75 per cent.; of Bustec at from 75 to 90 ])cr cent.; of 

 Aziino^'urlv at 80 per cent.; whilst those of Ghazeepur <>;i\'c tlicm as 

 follows : — one at 50 per cent., four at 75 jicr cent., and one at SO ])or cent. 

 In the Jhansi division, there are no replies from the native ofhcials to this 

 question, but the l']uropcans state it is not a sta])Ic arliclc of food with 

 the )ico|ile at larfje. In the Allahabad division, the Tehsildars of Banda 

 fjive (hem at 50 percent.; of Futfehpur at CO per cent.; of Ilurripur 

 at all I'ut Brahmins, Banias, and some Thakoors. In the Afjra division, 

 the Tehsildars of Etawah compute (liem at 75 ]iev cent., whilst in Mut- 

 tra the greater proportion of people are forbidden to do so by their reli- 

 g-ion. If we consider districts in which all the Tehsildars' replies are 

 given in a single figure as 1, we arrive at the following results: — 



In 3 Tchsildarships 50 per cent, of tlio people. 



„ 1 „ 50 to 60 



„ 3 „ CO 



„ 8 „ 75 „ „ „ 



„ 1 „ 75 to 90 „ „ „ 



„ 2 „ 80 „ 



,, 2 „ all but bigli caste Iliiuliis. 



Thtis, out of 20 returns, 17 give more than half the peo]ilo of the North- 

 West Provinces as not forbidden by their religion to eat lisli. 



„ , . », . ^, ,. 318. JIow are the local marl-els snn- 



Mmkcls insuiEcientlv Bupph- j- i jj r i :> -f t\ r i j i ,i 



ed witli fish. plteil wit/i fsk r — Is thus replied to by the 



native ofhcials — 



Snirioipntly in 1.3 



Iiisiifliciontly „ 23 



Oceusioiially „ 2 



Doubtful „ 2 



Whilst in the Doon, it is observed that the markets are fairly"snpplied, 

 but the size of the fi.sh brought is yearly decreasing. Those districts 

 where fish arc not to be obtained have been omitted. Amongst the 

 European officials, in tlie Nynee Tal and Almorah markets a decrease, as 

 compared with former years, is said to be very noticeable. 



of 9. Have the fish in the waters increased, decreased, or remained 



„. . . , , . stationary? Out of 17 answers, G rcnort a 



Fish in watcra decreasing. , ,. -^ , , i i„ , .-j.^i.j .■- 



stationary state, and 10 a decrease, but some 

 of these latter consider that, owing to late heavy rains, the fisheries are 

 recovering themselves. I slioidd mention that heavy rains wash away 

 fixed engines, which is the cause why fisheries in the years succeeding 

 floods are always found better than in previous seasons. Three Tehsil- 

 dars give, as a reason for a diminished amount, that it is " owing to the 

 indiscriminate destruction of young fry." lu the Etawah Collcctorate, 

 the fish in the Jumna are said to be decreasing, due to the irrigation 

 weir near Delhi. In the hilly districts, a very general decrease is reported 

 by the local European officials. 



320. The fishermen of this province appear but rarely to follow 

 this occupation as a sole means of subsist- 



.uJLtrocc'u^Itiol^''''"''"^- '^-'^-' ''."t -e^-ely as subsuhary to other 



occupations. 



