24 



while in the same way the Indian fisheries 

 of— 

 1663 

 1691 



174-7—1749 

 1792 

 1805 



1807 and 1810 

 1875 

 18'8 

 1P22 

 1828 

 ' 530 



1860-1862 

 1900 



vrero followed respectively by Ceylon fisheries 

 in — 



1GUG, 16G7. 



1694 — 1697. 



1760. 1753 and 1754. 



1796. 



1806, 1808. 



1809, 1814. 



1816, 1820. 



1820. 



1828. 



1829—1833. 



1831—1833 and 1835. 



1863. 



1903, 1904. 



Such regularity of alternative succession extending over 75 per cent, of the 

 fisheries held, on the Indian side appears to he more than a mere coincidence and lends 

 weight to an opinion that has gradually been taking shape and developing in my 

 mind that the beds on the opposite sides of the Gulf confer reciprocal benefits upon 

 one another and that the Ceylon banks are frequently replenished from those off the 

 Madura coast and, conversely, that the latter obtain most of their deposits of spat from 

 the Ceylon side. 



The following table furnishes the valuation particulars of the last sample of 

 oysters lifted from a Tuticorin bank :— 



Statement of the valuation and produce of 8,500 oysters lifted from the Teradipult^iditta 



Par in October 1899. 









> 



Wei 



? ht. 



Total. 













-w 





A 

















Description. 



at 





.2 







>> 



Total yal 



ae. 



Perehevu. 



Per balanji. 





d 











"0 















ea 



3 





















cS 



& 



a 



M 



a 



« ' a 



























£6. A. 



p. 



STAR PODS. 



6TAB. l'ODS. 





50 



1 



8 



55J 





3 



16" 





3 



7 







80 







80 



1 



s&- 





A 



. . 



_£ 



4 6 







80 







80 



3 



£0 

 "S~2~"o 



. , 





. , 



i 



9 10 







46 





Kuruwal 



20 



2 







4 





3. 

 Z 



7 14 









60 



Kalippu 



20 

 80 



1 

 1 



1.11*. 



> 32 



•• 



2 

 1 

 8 





a 



i 



i 



] 12 







20 



•• 











■■ 



14 



•• 



U 



6 







■■ 



1* 





r 



ioo 





■ 



200 

 400 

 600 





" ' 



■ • 



3 



• • 



3 



31 8 









60 



Till 





SOO 

 1,000 



•• 



•' 



•■ 



H 



• • 



H 



9 12 







•• 



Si 



Jlasitul 



, . 









ef 



, , 



6* 



2 14 







, , 



• = 



Shell pearls 







, , 



■ • 



H 





6$ 



12 







t , 



■■ 



Total 



86 2 







•• 



Average per 1,000 oysters 





10 2 







•• 



