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for lodging an application in Scotland will be 

 found in the official regulations of the Fishery 

 Board in Appendix B. It is, as nearly as possible, 

 identical with the document of the Board of Trade. 



The current Report of the Fishery Board ^ 

 contains a precise statement concerning Appro- 

 priating Orders. Since this is of interest in the 

 present connection, one or two quotations may be 

 made from it. 



' The effect of an Appropriating Order is to 

 confer on the grantee a Parliamentary title for 

 sixty years to a definite portion of the foreshore, 

 and he acquires a right of property in the oysters 

 and mussels therein, subject to the condition that 

 he shall properly cultivate the oyster and mussel 

 ground, in accordance with certain restrictions 

 and regulations designed for the protection of the 

 public interest' 



The expenses necessary to procure an Order 

 have long been considered prohibitive, and have 

 been complained of by many. The transference 

 of the management of shell-fish scalps from the 

 Board of Trade to the Fishery Board was accom- 

 plished largely in order to reduce this expense, 



^ Twelfth Atuiiial Report, Part i. p. xxiii (for 1893, pub. 

 1894). 



