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19. Iti'corrrt/ of nrream. — All taxes iinposcl uiuli-r (liis Ael, eliiill be 

 rccovcraliU', wlifUior liy the Government or hy renters under (jovcrnincnt, 

 or 1)3' sueli snb-rentors as may bo tliercto authorized by the Collector in a 

 nol-ilieation in the District Gazette, iu the same manner as arrears of 

 land revenue. 



20. Pennltij for lillgionsnes.t and imposifion. — Every person resist- 

 ing the recovery of a lawful dcninud of (nx (or interest thereon), or 

 vexatiously and litigiously applying to a Magistrate to sfny the reoovery 

 thereof, and every person wilfully making an unlawful demand, shall incur 

 a. penalty of fifty rupees. 



398. In the Bellarij Co lledora/e, fifteen tchmhlars {sec parai'raph 1 73) 

 „ ,, „ „ , , . . compute the fishermen at 7,880,'' but they 



of 11,0 native officinls. =''f ''•'1^0 o"""" OCOl.patlOlls : 11. one tehsii 



fish are stated to be .sold in abundance, but 

 in all the others the su)iply is insullicicut and more could be disjiosed of, 

 the lish-eating class being set down at CC j)cr cent, of the people, The 

 amount in the waters is universally considered to have decreased due 

 to the deficiency of rain, for the last ten or fifteen years. Duriii"- the 

 monsoon montlis, small fish are taken in the jungle streams and vallas by 

 jilaeing thread and basket nets conoavely ag-ainst the ninning water. 

 Tlic following are the minimum size of the mesh of nets \vhieli are stated 

 to be employed : — One, "as big as a broomsticlc \' one, "as broad as the ring- 

 finger ;" three, as wide " as a 2-anna piece ;" one, " as big as lialf the ring- 

 finger;" one, the "size of a dholl or pigeon pea;" two, "as lii<>- as lamp- 

 oilseeds;" two, as small as the circumference of a bodkin; two at ^thof 

 an inch ; one at gth of an inch ; and one at less than j'^th of an inch betueeu 

 the knots. Fish are said to be tra])])cd in the irrigated fields by three 

 of the reporters. Amongst the various modes of fishing in the Collecto- 

 rate are the following : — Idajiola, a drag-net used by two men in tanks- 

 isara-vala, a casting-net; galam, baited hook : in nallas and channels 

 small banks of earth and sand are tlnown across running water, leaving a 

 gap, wherein a net is fixed: poison is said to lie ein]iloyed in Aim-. 

 Basket nets — fixed nets placed over-night across streams and removed of a 

 morning, and iu the irrigation streams nets arc likewise fixed. 



399. In the IVichinojjoIi/ CoUeciorale, five /chsiMarii reply [see para- 

 ,p . ,. , „ ,, , , graph 175) as before, excej)t that tlie popula- 



replies of nUivo officials. ^'"" numbers about i, 1 19,801 persons, out of 



• whom 40/, 008, or upwards of one-third, eat 



fish. All the native officials now report that the amount in waters has 

 decreased of late years (previously one staled they had increased) : the 

 use of sm.all meshed nets is universally reported; the minimum size of the 

 mesh is^given thus :— One, the "size of the little finger;" one, the "size of 

 a quill;" one, about the " size of a tamarind sfone;" one, ^Ih and one, |th 

 of an inch. In one talooka only, are fish said to be trajtiicd. 



400. In the KisUia Collecforate, the Vcpnli/ Collector observes, as 

 ifioi„„ r 11 . . 1- regards prohibiting the sale of fry in the 



Kislna CdUecttivatc : replies 1 ,1', ^? , ,, , , , ■' " ""^ 



of tlio native officials. bazar, that any attempt " would bo useless. 



The best way ]irohibition can, I think, be 

 effected would bo by preventing them from being caught in the first 

 instance by regulating the meshes of flie nets cmjihiycd, and by renting 

 out the fisheries with the roijuisite prohibitory conditions oa the subject." 



