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 LIV. How are the local markets supplied with fish T In 



Local markets insufficiently sup- the Panjab, Out of 76 tehsils, in 



plied with fish. on i v 7 are ^ e y reported to be fully- 



supplied, and in 48 insufficiently so throughout the year. 

 Where fish are sold, the price of it bears a relative proportion 

 to that of mutton. In Sind, markets near large dhdnds on 

 the River Indus are fairly supplied. In the North-Western 

 Provinces, the markets are sufficiently supplied in 13 locali- 

 ties, insufficiently in 23, occasionally in 2, and doubtful in 2 

 more. In the Doon the size of the fish brought is yearly 

 decreasing; whilst in Nynee Tal and Almorah a decrease 

 is very noticeable (p. cxlv). In Oudh (p. cxxvii) 

 three-fourths of the markets are stated to have a larger 

 demand than supply. In the Bombay Presidency, every 

 official who has answered this question, with the exception 

 of one mamlutdar, asserts that the local markets are insuffi- 

 ciently supplied with fresh fish. In the Assigned Districts 

 of Haidarabad, 7 native officials report that they are in- 

 sufficiently so, and the remaining 1 that the "weekly markets" 

 are well supplied, but that probably more could be sold, thus 

 evidencing that the supply is unequal to the demand. In 

 Mysor and Coorg, a generally insufficient supply of fresh 

 fish is obtained in the markets. In Madras, when within 

 easy reach of the sea, they would appear to be supplied: but out 

 of 39 tehsildars who report from inland, 4 state the supply is 

 sufficient, and 35 that it is insufficient, or absent. In Bengal 

 Proper, there is a deficiency of native returns (p. clxxix). 

 At Burdwan, the supply does not equal the demand. In 

 Hooghly, the markets are said to be fairly supplied, but " the 

 fishermen, however, try to keep up the market price by 

 limiting the supply." In Assam, the reports are contradictory ; 

 in most places the amount sold is sufficient, but in some 

 parts it is not. In Burma, only 18 returns from native 

 officials have been received ; 4 observe that the markets are 

 fully supplied, 1 that they are fairly so, 2 that they are at 

 times, 9 that they are insufficiently, and 2 that they are 

 sold sometimes in sufficient quantities sometimes more, some- 

 times less. Thus, out of 243 returns received from native 

 officials giving definite answers, 180 observe that the 

 markets are insufficiently supplied with fish, 7 that they 

 are occasionally supplied, 3 that they are fairly so, but 1 of 

 these remarks that they are marine fishes ; 45 consider they 

 are fully supplied, but 9 state that the supply is chiefly of 

 sea species, often salted : the answers of 8 are doubtful. 



