FISHING INDUSTRY OF KRIAN AX3 KURAU, PERAK. Ill 



Fro.-:: this it will be seen that the export of salt fish was 



less than half in 1SS6 of what it was in 1885, but in 18S7 it 



had rise:: again to more than i: was in 1 S S5 



Dried pra.i ■:: ere r. early double in quantity in iSSo of 



whs.: i: was in 1SS5. but in 1SS7 i: had fallen to about a third 



of what it was in 1SS5. 



Blachan was only about one-seventh in 18S6 of what it v. as 



in 1885 and the quantity had only slightly risen again in 1887, 

 though, from its better quality it was worth nearly double that 



::' 1^6" though i: is stiii less than a :uar:er the value ::" that 

 of 1885. 



Fish and prawns shell manure was in 1886 only about 

 one-tenth of that in 1885., but again rose in 1887 to about 

 one-half of what i: was in : s 5 



Comparing the two years, rSSb are 1SS7. -- e seems 

 to have been an improvement in 1887 : er 1S86 underevery 

 heading except dried prawns, and the iish about which the 

 pemele seemally cormelamed is more than double what it was 

 in 1886, and more even than it was in 1885. It would, there- 

 fore, seem, from this return, that the prawn-fishing is really 

 all they have just cause to complain about at present. I am 

 inclined to think it is only a temporar scarcity; but, if it 

 turns out, after watching the returns for a few more vears, 

 to be permanent, I do not think it will be a matter for great 

 surprise, considering the constant shovelling up of tl 

 creatures by the million in the Sirings and Sungkars, besides 

 the large number that are caught in the Pukat Lengkongs 



I: is only in [887 that they fell off; had the quantity re- 

 mained anything like that of 1S86. then the total value of the 

 fisherv export For :> s 7 instead of being only I43 . - = m would 

 have been about §63,000, only 810,000 short of 1885, an in- 

 crease of about §14 000 on 1886. As it is the grand total for 

 1887 onlv shows a decrease on 1886 of less than 86,000. 



Prawns are the most valuable product of the fishery, fetch- 

 ing as I have stated in paragraph 28, from >' ■ 5c tc 

 e mi, and, consequently, a bad prawn year makes an e 

 mous deficit in the fishermen's profits 



