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resident in the said Pro\-ince, or unless such company or firm is a Canadian company 

 or firm, or is authorized by the Pro\incial Government to do business in the said 

 Pro^'ince of British Columbia. 



(d) No one other than a British subject who owns or leases land on either side of the 

 Eraser River above New Westminster Bridge, and who actually permanently resides 

 on, and is cultivating such land, shall be eligible for a license to fish for sockeye 

 salmon between New Westminster Bridge and Mission Bridge, but fishing under 

 such license shall not be carried on below New Westminster Bridge. 



Section 4. 



The use of nets other than drift nets, puree seines, and trap nets shall not be per- 

 mitted in treaty waters for the capture of sockeye salmon. 



Section 5. 



No net fishing or fishing of any kind, other than with hook and line, except for 

 hatchery purposes, or scientific purposes, shall be permissible in the Fraser River 

 above the down river side of Mission Bridge. 



Section 6. 



During the years 1020 to 1927, both years inclusive, no one shall fish for, catch or 

 kill any salmon from the 20th day of July to the 31st day of July in each year, both 

 days inclusive; and during this close time, no nets or appliances of nny kind that 

 will capture salmon may be u.->ed in these treaty waters; Provided, hov.trn-, That 

 salmon fishing for hatchery or scientific purposes may be authorized during this 

 period. 



Section 7. 



The weekly close time for salmon fishing shall be from six o'clock a. m. Saturday, 

 to six o'clock p. m. Sunday, in Canadian waters excepting in that portion of the 

 I'raser T{iver between New Wcstuiinster Bridge and Mis.sion Iiri<!ge, whore the 

 weekly close time shall be from six o'clock a. lu. Saturday to six o'clock p. m. on the 

 following Monday, and in 'he treaty waters of the United States from Friday at four 

 o'clock p. m. to Sunday at four o'clock a. m. and during this close time no 

 salmon fi.shing of any kind other than for hatchery or "^ientific purposes shall 

 be permissible, and during the full period of eanh weekly close time or annual 

 close sf-a.«on, each trap net shall be closed by an apron across the outer entrance 

 to the heart of the trap, whi'h apron shall extend from the surface to the bottom 

 of the water and shall be sociurely connected to the ])i!es on either side of 

 the heart of the trap net, fa.stened by rings not more than two feet apart on 

 tatit wires stretched from the top to the bottom of the piles, and such apron, 

 or the ap])liance by whii li it is raised and lowered, shall be pro\-ided with a signal or 

 flag, which shall diaclose whether the trap net is closed, and which shall l)e of the 

 form and character approved by the comniis.sion: Provided, that ii\ addition to the 

 forogoing requirement, such trap net .shall be e(| nipped with a V-shaped opening, to 

 the ."atisfaction of the commismoi', and in the lead of such trap net next to the entrance 

 to the heart and immediately adjacent to the apron, of at least ten feet in width at 

 the top and extending below tlie surface at least four feei l>elow low water, which V- 

 shaped opening ."^hall remain open and unobstructed during the full period of each 

 weekly close- time or annual close .season. For the puri)o.se3 of assuring full compli- 

 ance with this regulation, the owner or operator of each trap net sliall constantly main- 

 tain during the weekly and annnal close tinie a watchman, whose duty it shall be to 

 cause each trap net to be kept closed and the lead to be kept open, as above provided. 



Section 8. 



k\\ .salmon trap nets shall be limited to a total length of twenty-five hundred feet, 

 with an (;nd pas-sagewav of at least .six hundred feet between oi.e trap net and the next 

 in linear series, such distances being measured in continuation of the line of direction 

 (if the leader of si:ch trap net, but in no instance shall more than two-thirds of the 

 width of nny fia^sageway at any point be closed by traji nets. There shall also be a 

 lateral distiUKe of at least twenty-four hundred feet between one trap net and the 

 next. 



Section [). 



A salmon purse seine shall not excec-rl nineteen hunrlred linear feet in length, in- 

 cluding the lead and attachment, measured on the cork line when wet. 



