4GG 
THE TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. 
[Jan-. 2, 1899. 
FRESH WATER Fl&E.-iContinued.) 
Barbus Oandai Kendftya Grows to 3 feet in 
hexatichus 
Barilius ga- 
tensis (Rivet 
carp) 
Barilins bo- 
la* (Indian 
carp) 
Barbus tot* 
(iVlaliseer) 
Ophiocepha- 
lus Btrfatus* 
Aart- 
candai 
Maritan 
oandai 
Pumeen 
candai 
Lela or 
Lel- 
Kuriya 
Veralu Lula 
Callichrous 
bimaciilatna 
(Batter fish) 
E tropin a su- 
ratensis 
Vala- 
potta 
Gobius giii- 
ris' (Indian 
Gudgeon) 
Wallago attu* Vala 
Chota 
or Chela 
wahla 
Karsaar Koraliya 
or Pilliu- 
chan 
Uluway 
length, common in 
Ceylon. 
Kodi-kanal Lake is 
stocked with these, 
and 7 dozen have 
been taken with a 
fly in one morning. 
Runs up to 5 lb., a 
very game iish and 
takes the fly well 
andean also be taken 
spinning. 
These are already 
in theBarrackPlains 
Lake and more 
should be procured 
as they are obtain- 
able in Ceylon. 
Attains to 3 feet, 
will take a salmon- 
liy, can be procured 
in Ceylon, as also 
the allied species 
"Ophiocephalas ga- 
chua"* called "Ka- 
naya" by the Sin- 
halese. 
Runs to 1^ foot and 
0 lb. weight. 
Runs to 2 lb., good 
to eat. 
Weli- 
gouwa 
Grows to IJ foo tand 
'2 lb. weigh takes 
bait freely. 
Walaya Attains 6 feet 
length and is in 
eating good. 
Notpoterus Ambutan- Potnbara Grows to 2 feet and 
kapirat (Bar- wahlah 2 lb. weight, 
ber's Knife) 
Megalops cy- Moran Ellaya Grows to Ik feet, 
prinoides candai 
(Big-eye) 
Anabas Pauni- Kavaya 
scandens eri 
(Climbing Candai 
perch) 
iV.i?. — Fishes marked * are only suitable for the 
Barrack Plains Lake, as if put into Lake Gregory 
they might destroy the young trout. 
APPENDIX IV. 
1898. 
F.G.S. 
Total 
Re- 
caught, turned. 
Kept. 
Weil 
iht. 
lb. 
oz. 
Horton Plains 
,. 29 
]2 
17 
19 
U 
Ambawella 
.. 23 
10 
13 
18 
U 
Niiwara Bliya 
.. 4 
3 
1 
0 
12 
56 
25 
31 
39 
8 
ABSTBACT OP WEIGHT 
,6 
a 5 
„ .a j3 _ ^ 
^ ^ Hc» cy.ei 
rH rH O: H-ii CM (M 
9 3 
~ = ^ -C, 
Horton Plains 5 5 
Ambawella ..0 2 
I^uwara Eliya 2 1 
rH rH ^ tH CM 
tM 
0 
1 
0 
ABBOTSFORD, NANUOYA. 
February 15 
April 
October 
Sept. 
17 
24 
29 
31 
2 
12 
Ambawella, Fiuh year. 
Caught. Weight. Returned 
1 lb. to 10 oz. 1 
( 1 lb. 3 of 13 o«. ) , 
J 11 oz. i ' 
J lib., Hoz.,lloz. » , 
I 10 cz. J ' 
114 oz. 1 
^ lb., 1 lb. 2 oz. 
NUWARA ELIYA. 
21 .. 1 13 oz. 
ENGLISH REGISTERS FOR CEVLON 
LIMITED COMPANIES. 
A leading Colombo merchant lias liroii};ht 
under our notice tiie following very forcible and 
practical article in the Ovrrlnud Mail on a feub- 
ject wiiieli concerns Ceylon qnite as much as 
India and one on wliich readier action iiiitrht follow 
in rc;,'ard to tlii.s Colony than in the ca*c of 
our bif.^ neii'hliour. The article is as follows: — 
ENGLISH REGISTERS FOR INDIAN COM- 
PANIES. 
Is is difldcult to understand what reasonable ob- 
jection there can be to the proposal for legitimisinf; 
by statute —either British- or Indian — the rstablitih- 
meut in the United Kingdom of brunch registers of 
ehar. s in .loint St ck Companies formed in India — 
with rupee capital. The advantage is obvious enough, 
and has indeed been recognised in principle in an 
analogous case by the Statute JO and 47 Vic. cap. 
30, by which, any company registered in the United 
Kingdom, who.se objects comprise the transaction of 
business in a colony, is authorised to open a bran:!! 
register of shareholders in that colony. The result 
is to facilitate transactions in the company's isharea 
with the colony, and avoid the inconvenience of 
having to wait for weeks until transfers can be re- 
gistered at the head office in London It has been 
pointed out that a very much larger business coold 
be transacted in Indian shares were registries opened 
in Great Britain and quotations obtaiacd on the 
Stock Exchange. At the India Office the opposition 
to this proposal, which is strongly backeJ by the 
Bengal Chamber of Commerce and no doubt would 
be supported by the commercial community through- 
out India, seems to be based on some cru-le notion 
that it is inconsistent with the much-cherished ob- 
ject f'f raising money locally for railway and other 
schemes. Why these companies should "be tied down 
to mere local investors the cleverest financial head 
in the India Office would find difficult to make good 
against any decent financial opinion outside. Most 
men of business, we fancy, would say that local in- 
vestments would be rather stimulated than discour- 
aged by bringing in the help and competition of 
outside capital. We are not tiuite sure that the end 
desir.sd by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce could be 
effectively attained by legislation in India, for, as 
has been pointed out in a correspondence with the 
Indian Government on the subject, while the Indian 
Government might give powers to Joint Stock Com- 
panies for the opening of branch registers, ao Indian 
enactment could give power to the Conns in the 
United Kingdom to recognise branch registers in 
the way in which registers in India are recognised 
by the Indian Courts. We imagine, however, that 
the difficulty could be got over by legislation in Par- 
liament. In any case, the Secretary of State might 
well consider whether it would not be to the ad- 
vantage of India to give the suggested facilities for 
transactions in Indian shares in the home market. 
We need add nothing to the above on tiie practical 
advantaptes of having English registers for Ceylon 
Companies. But we would ask if there are objec- 
tions to tlie course reeoni mended not apparent to 
us at present ? If nor, the sooner Mr. Chamberlain 
is moved to help us in this matter the better. 
