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calculated that the daily consumption in the markets of that settlement is about 18 tons, of 

 the estimated value of about 450. The retail price varies from one cent to nine cents a 

 catty (1$ Ib.) 



The exhibits in this Court show about 150 different kinds of fish ordinarily caught 

 in the Straits, and include a few specimens of fresh-water fish found in the rivers of the 

 Malay States. There are also exhibited models of the many implements and appliances 

 employed in the capture of fish, and several articles actually used in fishing. The 

 collection also contains models of fisherman's huts, and of the boats employed in fishing. 

 There are, too, many samples of the kind of nets used in the various classes of fishing. 



A few specimens of corals, Crustacea and shells have been added. 



The Government of the Straits Settlements is much indebted to His Highness the 

 Maharajah of Johore, and to the rulers of the Native States of Kedah, Perak, Selangor, and 

 Sungei Ujong for the many interesting exhibits which bear their name. They readily 

 accepted the invitation of the Governor (Sir F. A. Weld, K.C.M.G.) to make the collec- 

 tion as complete as was possible in the limited time at disposal, and in this work the 

 British Kesidents in the Protected Native States of Perak, Selangor and Sungei Ujong 

 materially assisted. 



CECIL C. SMITH. 



THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 



Stake and other Nets, Hooks, Lines, Models of Boats, Preserved Fish, &c., &c. 



THE GOVERNMENT OP JOHORE. Stake and other Nets, Hooks, 

 Lines, Models of Boats, Fisherman's Dwellings, &c., &c. 



THE GOVERNMENT OP KEDAH. Stake and other Nets, Hooks, 

 Lines, Models of Boats, &c., &c. 



THE GOVERNMENT OP PERAK. Stake and other Nets, Hooks, 

 Lines, Models of Boats, &c. 



THE GOVERNMENT OP SELANGOR. Stake and other Nets, 

 Hooks, Lines, Models of Boats, Specimens of Fish, &c., &c. 



THE GpVERNMENT OP SUNGEI UJONG. Nets, Hooks, Lines, 

 &c., &c., principally for Fresh Water Fishing. 



W. A. PICKERING, ESQ., Singapore. Nets, Hooks, Lines, Models of 

 Boats, Specimens of Fish, &c., &c. 



RAFFLES MUSEUM, Singapore. Specimens of Fish, Corals, Shells, 

 &c., &c. 



[The stake nets, though differing in detail, are all much the same in principle, and a 

 description of one, of which Model No. 3 may be taken as an example, will serve as a guide to 

 all. The " Kaylong," No. 3, is a fixed engine, usually about 900 feet long, 24 feet wide, and 

 30 feet high, jutting out into the sea at right angles to the shore. It is constructed of stakes 

 and rattan, in four compartments, the fish entering the first at high or half tide, find their way, 

 as the tide falls, into the last, whence they are removed at low water.] 



(1) Large Fishing Stake. (2) Fishing Stake. (3) Large Fishing Stake. (47) Fishing 

 Stakes. (8) Fishing Stake used in shallow water. (911) Fish Traps. (12) Fishing 

 Stake used in paddy fields. (13 17) Fishing Stakes. (18 24) Fishing Stakes for small 

 fish. (25) Sieve for small fish. (26) Fish Trap. (27) Fish Shovel. -(28) Fish Trap. 

 (29, 30) Fish Traps. (31) Shovel used for catching shrimps. (32) Basket used for 

 emptying water out of ditches in which fish have been left by previous overflows. (33) 

 Instrument used in shallow water. The user, walking in the water, plunges the instrument in 

 and out. (34) Kiver Fishing Stake. Used in rivers at foot of hills, where there is a rapid 

 flow of water. (35, 35 37) Fish Traps. Nos. 35 and 35a, generally baited with fried meat. 

 (37) Kiver Fishing Stake. (38) Small Scoop used in rivers. (39) "Scoop used for catching 



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