268 THE SEA FISHERIES 



of the Directors of Agriculture. There are a Director of Fisheries 

 and two Superintendents of Fisheries. At present the first official 

 is a European, the two latter being natives of India. Madras has 

 an efficient, if small, fishery department. At present the head of 

 the fisheries department is directly responsible to Government. 



Recent information of the fisheries of Madras, Bengal, Bihar 

 and Orissa, and the former province of Eastern Bengal and Assam 

 is contained in the reports of Nicholson,^ Gupta,* Southwell,' De* 

 and others. 



Federated Malay States 



An annual report on the fisheries is issued by the Government. 

 That for 1914 shows the revenue from fishing and fishing boat 

 licences to have been $26,948 (about £2,700), which was the largest 

 hitherto secured. The total number of fishermen was 3,918, and 

 the taxation per head about 7 dollars. The fishermen are Chinese 

 and Malays. The report contains detailed statistics of the exports, 

 imports and fishing licences for the three States of Perak, Selangor 

 and Negri Sembilan." 



Australia 



There are both Commonwealth and State Departments. The 

 former is under the Department of Trade and Customs, and the 

 central of&ce is at present in Melbourne. The chief official is 

 entitled Director of Fisheries. Owing to the unfortunate loss at 

 sea, with all hands, of the Commonwealth fishery investigation 

 steamer, research work is at present in abeyance. An attempt 

 has been made to establish State-aided steam trawling in New 

 South Wales, but according to recent reports (1919) this has not 

 proved a financial success. 



Of the various States the New South Wales fishery department is 



' Not» on Fisheries in Japan, by Sir F. A. Kicholson, k.c.i.e., Madras Government 

 Press, 1907. Contains suggestions for the improvement oi the Fisheries of Madras 

 on p. 87, et seg. ; and Government of Madras, G.O. No. 1857, gth August, 1915. 

 Reviewing Sir F. Nicholson's report on the work done in the Fisheries Department 

 during 1914-15. 



' " Reports on the results of enquiry into the fisheries of Bengal and into fishery 

 matters in Europe and America," by Sir K. G. Gupta, k.c.s.i., Calcutta. The BengsU 

 Secretariat Book Depot, 1908. 



' Department of Fisheries, Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. Bulletin No. 5. 

 " Report on Fishery Investigations in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa with recommenda- 

 tions for future work," by T. Southwell, Calcutta. The Bengal Secretariat Book 

 Depot, 1915. 



* " Report on the Fisheries of Eastern Bengal and Assam," by K. C. De, Shillong. 

 The Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Ftinting Office, 1910. 



* Federated Malay States. " Report of the Fisheries Department for the year 

 1914." For a description of the methods of fishing see. The Fishing Industry of 

 Krian and Kuru, Perak, by A. T. Dew. Journal Straits Branch Royal Asiatic 

 Society, No. 23, June, 1891. 



