bow of each boat, 3 or 4 inches below the gunwale, and they shall be painted in white oil colour on a black ground.

For boats of 15 tons burthen and upwards the dimensions of the letters and numbers shall be 18 inches in height and 24 inches in breadth.

For boats of less than 15 tons burthen the dimensions shall be 10 inches in height and 14 inches in breadth.

The same letter (or letters) and number shall also be painted on each side of the mainsail of the boat in black oil colour on white sails, and in white oil colour on tanned or black sails. Such letter (or letters) and number on the sails shall be one-third larger in every way than those placed on the bows of the boat.

The name of each fishing boat, and that of the port to which she belongs, shall be painted in white oil colour on a black ground on the stern of the boat, in letters which shall be at least 3 inches in height and inch in breadth.

The letters, numbers, and names placed on the boats and on their sails shall not be effaced, covered, or concealed in any manner whatsoever.

All the buoys, barrels, and principal floats of each net, and Art. VI. all other implements of fishery shall be marked with the same letter (or letters) and number as those of the boats to which they belong.

These letters and numbers shall be large enough to be easily distinguished.

The owners of the nets or other fishing implements may further distinguish them by any private marks they judge

proper.

The letters and numbers of British fishing boats shall, after Art. VII. having been entered in the registry book kept at the collectorship of customs, be inserted on the licences or other official papers of those boats.

The licences or other official papers of British fishing boats Art. VIII. shall contain the description and tonnage of each boat, as well as the names of its owner and of its master.

The fishermen shall, whenever required, exhibit their licences Art. IX. or other official papers to the commanders of the fishery cruizers and to all other persons appointed to superintend the fisheries.

INDEX.

ACCOUNTS,

of board, audit of, 59.

of returning officer, audit of, 51.

ACTS, SALMON FISHERY,
list of, 1-5.
application of, 9.

commencement of, 7.
construction of, 9.

repeal of, 400, 401.

short titles of, 6.

ACTS to be done by the secretary of state, list of, 361.

ADDITIONAL CONSTABLES,

appointment of, 56.

ADDITIONAL LICENCE DUTY,

provision for, 136.

when applicable, 137.

steps to be taken to impose, 136.
rate of, ib.

effect of, ib.

of a licence being required to fish for salmon, 117.
of a scale of licence duties, 133.

of variation of licence duties, ib.

of additional licence duty, 136.

of intention to apply for confirmation of bye-laws, 85.
of secretary of state's intention to confirm a bye-law, 86.
of result of election of representative members, 50.

ADVISABILITY OF BYE-LAWS, inquiry into, 85.
AGREEMENT, purchase of weirs by, 152.

ALTERATION,

of fishery district, 21.

effect of, 24.

steps to be taken for, 21.
evidence of, 25.

notice of, 22.

of number of appointed members of a board of conservators, 38.

steps to be taken for, 39.

of scale of licence duty, 129.
of annual close time, 186.
of close time for rods, ib.
of weekly close time, 196.
of mesh of nets, 90, 215.
of bye-laws, 97.

of fish passes, 162.

ANCIENT RIGHT OR MODE OF FISHING, what is, 266.

ANNUAL CLOSE TIME, 184.

definition of, 13.

alteration of, 186.

penalties for fishing during, 189.
sale of salmon during, 185, 187.

exportation of salmon, during, 204, 205.
provision as to fixed engines during, 191.
provisions as to fishing weirs during, 314.

provisions as to fishing mill-dams during, 318.
sale of trout and char during, 189.

APPEAL,

to quarter sessions in cases of summary conviction, 377.
to have pollution cases tried by a jury, 341, 378.

from decision of special commissioners, rules as to, 369.
APPLICATION,

of Salmon Fishery Acts, 9.

for a fishery district, 17.

who may make, ib.

when to be made, ib.

effect of making, 20.

for alteration of a district, 21.

when to be made, ib.

by whom to be made, ib.

effect of making, 23.

for fishery committee, 36.

by whom made, ib.

of penalties, 374.

of bye-laws, 96.

APPOINTED MEMBERS OF BOARDS OF CONSERVATORS,

who are, 36.

how appointed, 40.

when appointed, ib.

APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATORS, 31.
by justices of the peace in quarter sessions, 31, 36.
notice of, to be sent by clerk of the peace, 40.
advertisement of, 40, 41.

objection to, 41.

of fishery committee, 37.
application for, 36.
notice of, 37.

default of making, ib.

for the River Esk, 41.

APPOINTMENT OF WATER BAILIFFS, evidence of, 109.
APPROVAL OF INSPECTORS TO GRATINGS, 174.
APPROVAL OF SECRETARY OF STATE,

to a scale of licences, 129, 133.

to a fish pass, 158, 159, 161.
to alteration of fish pass, 162.
to bye-laws, 85, 86.

to purchase of weirs, 152, 153.

to mortgage of licence duties, 134.

to variation of licence duties, 133.
to gratings, 174, 175.

ARREST,

water bailiffs' power of, 108, 109.

illegal fishing at night, 109.

under Larceny Law Consolidation Act, 110.

under Malicious Injuries to Property Act, ib.

ARTIFICAL PROPAGATION OF SALMON, consent of conser-
vators to, 214, 334, 335.

ASSAULTING WATER BAILIFFS, 110.

AUDIT COUNTY, 38.

AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS,

of board, 59.

of returning officer, 51.

BAULKS,

description of, 242.

mode of using, ib.

BOARDS OF CONSERVATORS, 31.

constitution of, 32, 33.

formerly appointed by justices of the peace at quarter sessions, 31.
change by Salmon Fishery Act, 1865..32.

present constitution of, 32, 33.

different kinds of members of, 33.

ex officio members of, ib.

provision for ex officio member under disability, 35.