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Madras Fisheries Bureau. Bulletin No. XV Fishery Reports for 1922

1923

The possibility of making the department self-supporting depends on the- arrest of the declining revenue obtained from the ohank fisheries, and upon the early completion of the tank acquisition schemes, the two great sources of income. [...] As the development of the industry on the right lines is the business of the Fisheries Depart- ment, the Government also sanctioned the appointment of an inspector of Oil and Guano Factories and a fitter to instruct the 210 MADRAS FISHERIES BULLETIN VOL. [...] Not only does this result in a reduction in the curing expenses ; it results in an actual saving to Government of the difference between the cost price and the issue price of the equivalent amount of salt that would be used if this brine were not utilized ; last year in spite of the conservatism of curers, who are slow in appreciating the advantage of this procedure, a saving to the curers of Rs. [...] On the research side, the Marine Biologist devoted himself mainly to a continuation of the enquiry into the species of mullets (Mugilidae) found at Tutieorin, to an investigation of the rate of growth among the fishes living in the Silavatturai backwater, to statistical work on the prawns found in the same area, and to the collection of plankton. [...] The completion of the buildings will mark the realization of the hopes of all zoologists who have had the privilege of pursuing their studies on the coast of South India.
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Pages
46
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100021
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Frontmatter
i-iii James Hornell view
Administration Report of the Department of Fisheries for the Year Ending 30Th June 1921
1-43 J. Hornell view

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