Appendix 1: Statement showing district-wise list of rivers in the Brahmaputra Valley proposed for reservation as fish-sanctuaries in February 1914*

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1 Appendix 1: Statement showing district-wise list of rivers in the Brahmaputra Valley proposed for reservation as fish-sanctuaries in February 1914* Name of District Name of River Boundaries of the Any Existing Rights proposed Reserves Goal para (1) Sankosh There is no long- (2) Jakati standing right in (3) Pekua respect of the (4) Hel fisheries except that (5) Saralbhanga the Bijni Raj at (6) Polo The Dy. Comm. present exercises the (7) Bhur reports that these right of settling the (8) Dholapani rivers lie within the reaches of the (9) Aie following boundaries: fisheries of the Manas (10) Champamati > and Aie rivers in the (11) Kanamakra North- The Bhutan Bijni Dooar. The Dy. (12) Monas, together boundary. Comm. reports that it with the various South- Pargana's is essential that the double channels, boundary. right of fishing in tributaries etc., and East and West- The these two fisheries also a number of boundary of the should specifically be small bhils, etc., district reserved when the mainly in Guma new settlement of the mauza. Dooar is effected with the Bijni estate. The other rivers have been settled for three years, i.e., to Kamrup The reaches of the North of the railroad Manas, north of the railroad Darrang (1) Barnadi From the Inner Line No long-standing to a point opposite rights reported by the the northern Dy. Comm., Darrang. extremity of the Attarikhat garden. (2) Dhansiri From the Inner Line Ditto crosses the Orang- Rowtaroad (3) Panchnoi From the Inner Line Ditto crosses the North trunk road at Orang (4) Belsiri From the Inner Line Ditto,j':J

2 crosses the southern boundary of the forest reserve (5) Gabru and From the Inner Line Ditto Sonarupa to the point where these two rivers join (6) Bhoreli From the Inner Line Ditto to Colderghat (7) Borgang From the Inner Line Ditto crosses the Borgang- Kalapani road (8) Boroi From the Inner Line Ditto to the its junction with the Bihmari River The Dy. Comm. recommends that all fishing except with rod and line should be prohibited on the above rivers for a distance of 8 or 10 miles down from the point where they enter our territory. The prohibition should include all the tributaries falling into them within their reaches. Nowgong (1) River Kapili From Dayangmukh..., These are leased to Jamunamukh fisheries, the terms of which will expire on (2) Borpani or From where the 31 March 1915.Apart Barpanigarden river enters the > from these leases ghat Nowgong district in there are no longthe Khasi Hills standing rights boundary to exercised by Nadiyals Singimari or other fishermen. 398

3 (3) Dijoo Boundary is not No lease and rights specified (4) Killing From where the river Ditto enters the Nowgong district in the Khasi Hills to its confluence with the Kapili Sibsagar (1) Kaliani The rivers enters the Ditto Dhansiri near Kamargaon, and its lower waters would serve as a sanctuary for fish from the Dhansiri Lakhimpur (1) The upper From Dijoo ghat No long-standing Ranganadi upwards rights reported by Dy. Comm., Lakhimpur (2) The upper Dehing Ditto (3) The Subansiri Above Kathalguri Ditto ( 4) The Buri-dehing Above the confluence Ditto with the Tarap (5) Dibru Boundary is not No rights except that specified it has been leased for the present * Source: Col. P.R. T. Gurdon, Commissioner of the Assam Valley Districts, to the Under Secretary to the Commissioner of Assam, Revenue Department, No.SSC, 14 February 1914, Assam Secretariat Proceedings, Revenue Miscellaneous-A, February 1915, ASA. 399

4 Appendix II: Statement Showing the Names of the Rivers Reserved in Assam Valley Division as Fish-Sanctuaries, November 1914* Name of District Name of the River Remarks Goal para 1. Sankosh 2.Jakati 3.Pekua 4.Hel 5. Saralbhanga These are not 6. Polo registered or settled 7.Bhur fisheries 8. Dholapani 9.Aie 10. Champamati 11. Kanamakri 12. Manas together with various double-channels, tributaries, etc., also a number of small bhils, etc., mainly in Guma mauza, viz. - (1) Gadadhar (No.1) (2) Haruputa (3) Burar Cherra ( 4) Kamandonga bil (5) Bamni nadi (6) Maskinir Char (7) Parua Cherra (8) Gadadhar (No.2) Kamrup Darrang l.the upper riches of Saru Manas 2. The reaches of the Kulsi } These are not river registered fisheries 3. Digaru Bornadi 2. Dhansiri 3. Panchnoi >- No lease 4. Belsiri 5. Gabru and Sonarupa 6. Mora Bhorelli 7. Jia Bhorelli 8. Boroi 9. Borgong 400

5 Nowgong Sibsagar Lakhimpur 1. Kapili 2. Borpani 3. Dijon 4. Killing } 1. Kaliani 1. The upper Ranganadi from Dijooghat upwards 2. The upper Dihing 3. The Buri Dihing river above its confluence with Tirap No lease * Source: B. C. Allen, Chief Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Assam to the Commissioner, Assam Valley Districts, No.45SOR, Shillong 13 November 1914, Assam Secretariat Proceedings, Revenue Miscellaneous-A, February 1915, ASA. 401

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