also local action is proposed ; that only perennial lakes and 

 second class rivers should be subject to legal restrictions in 

 Oudh (p. cxxx), but that large rivers should be left alone 

 (p. cxxxii), but protection afforded in small streams to the 

 spawning and young fish. In Madras, that certain rivers be 

 taken under Government conservancy (p. Ixxii), and officials be 

 absolutely prohibited from interfering with minor channels, &c. 

 In fact, amongst those who propose that legal action should be 

 taken, most are in favour of an Act which might be modified 

 to suit different localities, the same as in Great Britain, where 

 certain principles are laid down which cannot be deviated 

 from, but minor questions, which are subject to local varia- 

 tions due to local causes, may be dealt with by district boards. 

 Some officials propose protecting the second-rate and smaller 

 rivers, leaving the larger ones to take care of themselves ; 

 others would merely protect the larger ones, but not the 

 smaller channels, &c. 



XCVII. The regulations proposed are exceedingly 

 varied, some being simply as appli- 



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cable to hilly districts, whilst others 



refer to the whole country, and local modifications have 

 been prominently adduced as desirable for certain places. 

 " Fence months" have been proposed to be generally instituted, 

 in order that fish might be allowed to breed in security, as in 

 Bombay (pp. xliv, xlvii), but it is remarked that they would 

 probably be evaded. A close season is likewise observed to 

 be desirable in Ahmednuggur (p. xlviii) and the Central 

 Provinces (p. xcvii). At Sambalpur, two months' cessation 

 from fishing is also recommended (p. cxxii), provided it could 

 be enforced, whilst at Seoni it is proposed that such should 

 be from July to September inclusive (p. cxx). At Ratna- 

 ghiri, a close season of two months in the hilly districts is 

 advised (p. liv); it is also proposed in Mysore (pp. civ, cv), 

 in Haidarabad, at Buldana (p. cxi), and Akola (p % . cxi), 

 although in this last locality this is said to be the best fishing 

 season in the district. In the Central Provinces, at Sagar 

 and Jabalpur (p. cxx), a close season for the first two months 

 of the monsoon, whilst in Berar, July and August are recom- 

 mended as most suitable for this purpose. Again, close 

 seasons have been proposed as locally desirable ; thus, in the 

 irrigation canals when the young of marine species, as the 

 shad, are escaping down to the sea, it is thought that they had 

 better have a free highway, so it is suggested that October to 



