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MADRAS FISHERIES BULLETIN 



VOL. XIII, 



because of the nuisance but for other reasons such as the raising of 

 the price of fish, factious disputes, and so on; moreover, in some 

 cases the nuisance was in far greater degree due to the drying of 

 unsalted sardines for manure on the beach in the same neigh- 

 bourhood for miles along the shore, when the nuisance caused by 

 these immense areas of tainted fish was wrongfully attributed to the 

 guano factories. Nevertheless there has been undue and unneces- 

 sary nuisance, including the working of undue numbers in populous 

 localities. Consequently a set of by-laws has been drawn up by 

 the local authorities in consultation with the Fisheries Department, 

 and these are given below. 



By-Laws. 



" I. No factory for the manufacture of fish oil or guano shall be 

 set up or worked without a licence from the President of the Taluk 

 Board. 



2. The licence shall be in the following form : — 



Licence for t/ic iiuDinfacture of fish oil and guano. 



(This licence will become void if the factory is not erected 

 within six months from the date of this licence.) 

 This licence is granted to of 



amsam , desam taluk, for the 



establishment of a factory for the manufacture of fish oil and 

 guano at the site mentioned below and subject to the by-laws of 

 the District Board which are printed overleaf. (By-laws I and 3 

 to 15 to be so printed.) 



3. (i) The licence should be renewed annually and will run for 

 the financial year. 



(ii) In respect of each licence a fee not exceeding Rs. 10 may 

 be levied by the Taluk Board to cover the costs incidental to the 

 granting or renewing of the licence. 



(ill) Application for licence to open newly or to continue the 

 use of fish oil factories shall be made by the owners thereof not 

 less than 60 days before they propose to set up or work the factory 

 respectively. 



