99 



28. (<t) Pasi Par, etc, — cont. 



1901. (28a) Large quantity of 6 months old dead oyster*, in size \ inch, said to be 



killed by suran, also dead suran. 

 (2S&) A few oysters, size lj inch; 20 alive, 8 dead. 



1902. (2Sa) Very few oysters, 6 months old, mixed with siiran. 

 (286 J Same as above. 



29. Kutadjar Par — 



1885. Perfectly bare. 



1886. (a) Nine dives — SO oysters of 1 inch in size, appear to be very few- 



(b) Fifty- nine div-es — a few oysters, many broken shells. 



(c) Suran ; no value at present. 



1887. Suran, 2 chanks, 4 oysters of 1 inch on dead chank. Thirty-two dives made 



on this bank. 

 188S. Not examined. 

 1SS9. No oysters, much suran; 17 dives. 



1890. Not examined. 



1891. Forty dives — pinna, 5 young oysters varying from •§• iuch to 1 inch in size, 



chully and pinna. 

 1892-1893. Not examined. 



1894. Red coral, sea-weed, 2 live oysters, 2j to 2 inches in size — 6 live chanks. 



1895. Young oysters 10 to 15 per dive. 



3 896. A few oysters varying from 2f to | inches in size. 



1897. Blank. 



1898. Weed; bare. 

 1899-1900. Not examined. 



1901. No appearance of oysters. 



1902. Not examined. 



1903. Moderate number of' very young oysters. 



29-a. Wicks Bane — 



1885. Two inspections ; young oysters, size % to 2j inch, plentiful, 2 chanks alive. 



1886. Sixty-one dives; a very few oysters, size ^ to If inch. A good number of 



pinna on the bank which is not of any great extent. Suran ; 2 dead chanks ; 



1 live chank ; weed ; 5 dead shells from 2 to 2-J- inch. 

 1887—1890. Not examined. 

 1891. Thirty dives, suran in small quantity, seven live chanks, weed and one live 



oyster 1J inch in size. 

 1892—1891. Not examined. 



1895. Four small oysters, large quantity of suran, chully, and weed. 

 1896—1903. Not examined. 



30. Tolayiraii Par — 



1885. Seven inspections. Satisfactory, oysters clean and apparently growing well, 



free from trouble of any kind. The largest live oyster found measured 3 

 inches, average 2\ inches; trigger fish ; oysters covered with short sea-weed. 

 Plenty of oysters from 2 to 2| inches. 



1886. Large number of oysters 2j to 2f inches. The proportion of empty shells was 



trifling. This bank will be ready for a fishery in 1888. There seems to be 

 much suran round the bank and some of the oysters had it on them. The 

 proportion of empty shells was trifling. 



1887. Lifted 745 oysters, some suran; 13 dead shells only found; plenty of fish. 



1888. Plenty of oysters. 



Lifted 15,000 oysters, dead shells few. 



1889. This bank has been partially fished. Net profit to Government Rs. 1,58,483. 



1890. Do. do. do. „ 7,803. 



1891. Ninety dives ; a quantity of large sized dead shells; 2 live oysters, 2\ to 3 



inches in size ; on a buoy which was placed to mark chanks in February last, 

 found a large quantity of young oysters, £ to 1 inch in size ; lifted the buoy 

 carefully and placed it on the bank on rock. Examined the bank carefully 

 but found no spat deposited. Am placing several more buoys as spat- 

 catchers. 



1892. One hundred and fifty-eight dives — 8 chanks anda large quantity'of full grown 



oyster shells and some weed. On examining the weed carefully through a 

 magnifying glass found minute oyster spat. The spat-catcher buoys laid 

 down last year werenot to be found. They have unfortunately disappeared. 



1 -' 3. Not examined. 



1894. Old oyster shells, 2 live oysters measuring \\ and \ inch, respectively, live 

 chanks, sea-weed, on which on careful examination small oysters measuring 

 from | inch downward were found ; large suran in small quantity, pinna aud 

 dead chanks. 



i 395. Northern rortion quite bare, only chully. Southern part, sea weed with a few 

 oysters varying from 2\ to § inch. 



