APPENDICES. 



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Appendix A. — An account of the condition of the Coast of Madura and of the Pearl Fisheries there in 1663, from 



Valentyn's "History of the East Indies," 1724-26, Volume V, page 164 86 



„ B.— Detailed financial statement of the Ceylon Pearl Fishery of 1691 .. .. .. ,. .. 87 



„ C. — Instructions defining the extent of the respective rights of the Dutch, the Nayak, and the Setupati 

 at Pearl Fisheries in the Gulf of Mannar, given to the "Senior merchant " at Jaffna by 

 Governor Eumpf in 1722 .. 89 



D. — Renting out of the pearl banks. Advantages to be gained by Government from renting out of 

 the pearl banks, as set forth in a despatch to the Governor- General of the Dutch Indies, by 

 Van Gollenesse, Governor of Ceylon, in 1744 . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 90 



,, E. — Tabulation of the results of the Inspections of the pearl banks off the Indian coast of the Gulf 

 of Mannar from 1885 to 1903 inclusive. (A continuation to date of thel records given in 

 Mr. H. Sullivan Thomas' " Eeport on Pearl Fisheries", etc., Madras, 1884) 93 



