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41. (a) KrjDAMCTTU Pa.R, ETC. COnt . 



1892-1893. Not examined. 



1894. Sea-weed, chully and red coral, 



1^95. Young oysters 10 to 15 per dive. 



1896. Bare ; suran, dead oyster shells and a few young oysters. 



1897. Large quantities of oysters on these banks measuring If to f inch, healthy 



looking, byssus strong, free from suran and with plenty of weed; on 

 easl ern edge large quantities of oysters were found on dead pinna and chank 

 shells. 



1898. Oysters varying from 2 to 2J- inches, 40 to a dive among weed on rock, byssus 



strong, oysters healthy ; very few dead and those evidently smashed by 

 fishing 1 stones. 



1899. (a) and (b) bare; (c) only 24 oysters, 2f inch, were found. 



1900. Not examined. 



1901. (a) weed, coral, no oysters ; (c) weeds and coral, 1 oyster. 



1902. Not examined. 



1903. (6) "Very few six; months old healthy oysters. 



42. (a) Nadu Malai Piditta Par — 

 (6) Periya Malai Pipit ia Par — 



1885. Two oysters 2 inches and | inch respectively only found on the former ; the 



rest bare. 



1886. 75 dives made on the former ; two oysters of 1 inch, some empty shells of li to 



2 inches, many chanks. 



65 dives on the latter ; bare. 



1887. On Nadu Malai Piditta Par 21 dives ; blank. 

 1888-1893. Not examined. 



1894. Red coral, sea-weed, four small live oysters averaging f inch and a few live- 



chanks. 



1895. (a) Plenty of oysters, 104 to 106 per dive. Percentage of dead, small; oysters 



also on sand close to the bank. Young oysters 100 to 106 per dive ; healthy 

 looking-. 



1896. (a) and (6) 3 to 4 young oys+ers per dive- 



1897. Not examined. 



1898. Same result as No. 41. 



(a) Oysters ranging from 1| to 2 inches in size 10 to 20 per dive, healthy and; 



good. 

 (6) Oysters plentiful; 40 to 50 per dive;, size 2 to 2| inches ; healthy, byssus 

 strong. No dead shells. 



1899. (a) A few oysters, weed, chullies and pinna. 



(/>) Found only a few oysters on dead pinna and rock, found a very large 

 quantity of cast-off byssus showing plainly that the oysters of last year 

 had emigrated (1) (No ; rather the ravages of Rhinoptera sp. J.H.). 



1900. Not examined. 



1901. (a) Weeds, coral, pinna; no oysters. 



(b) Weeds, and coral, no oysters. In 1897 the banks were full of oysters. 



(This does not tally with the entry for that year ! J.H.) 



1902. Not examined. 



1903. (6) Bare. 



43. (a) Kadeiyan Par — 



(b) Kanava Par — ■ 



(c) PuTU Par — 



1885. A few small live oysters. 



1886. A very few oysters, many broken shells, weed, suran, and killikoy ; ODe oyster 



of 2 inches ; 54 dives. 

 On Patu Par a very few oysters, varying in size from § to 1 inch, empty shells, 

 and weed on the bank; 40 dives. 



1887. 174 dives made on these banks. On Putu Par 71 oysters of £ to 1| inch;, 



much suran in all parts. 

 On Kadeiyan and Kanava Pars seven oysters of ^ to lj ; much suran. 

 1888-1890. Not examined. 



1891. (a) and (6) 40 dives ; four chanks, no oysters. 

 1892-1893. Not examined. 



1894. Sea-weed and a few live chanks and chully. 



1895. (a) On south side young oysters 10 to 15 per dive ; young suran. 



On the northern side 40 to 58 per dive, free from suran. 

 (I) Young oysters only 10 to 15 to a dive. Small suran. 

 (c) Young oysters only 1 to 2 per dive. 



1896. (a) 1 to 2 young oysters to a dive, also dead shells. 

 (b) and (c) A few young oysters. 



