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Inspector's opinion, been so reduced as to threaten the destruction of 

 the bed, or to render it unfit to be dredged u.nder Royalty, or to be 

 worked, vipon the determination of the lease, the Commissioners may 

 call upon the lessee to show cause why they should not recommend the 

 Governor, with the advice aforesaid, to declare the lease of such lessee 

 to be forfeited. And upon the receipt of a recommendation by the 

 Commissioners recommending the forfeiture of any such lease, the 

 Governor may, by notification in the Gazette, declare the same to be, 

 and the same shall thereupon be, forfeited accordingly. 



GENERAL REGULATIONS.* 



Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 30th June, 188L 

 His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, 

 has been pleased, in accordance with section 9 of the Fisheries Act, 

 1881, to make the following Regulations for giving effect to the pro- 

 visions of that Act. 



HENRY PARKES. 



Conduct of Business — Duties of Officers. 



1. The Commissioners will meet for the transaction of business at 

 their office on every Monday and Thursday at 2 o'clock. If either of 

 these days be a public holiday, the meeting will be held on the day 

 following. 



2. The President may, by circular to be addressed by the Secretary 

 to the residence or office of each Commissioner, convene a special 

 meeting of the Commission on any day and hour mentioned in such 

 circular. 



3. The common seal of the Commissioners shall not be affixed to any 

 document, paper, or wi-iting, except by direction of the President, or, 

 in his absence, of the Chairman, and in the presence of some Com- 

 missioner. 



4. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to prepare the business paper 

 for each meeting of the Commission, to take and record the minutes of 

 proceedings at the same ; to conduct all correspondence, and keep all 

 such books of account, vouchers, reports, documents, plans, and charts 

 as the Commissioners may direct or require ; to keep the common seal 

 of the Commissioners, and to affix the same to any document or paper 

 if so directed by the President or Chairman ; to give such instructions 

 to Inspectors, Assistant Inspectors, and other officers and persons 

 appointed under the Fisheries Act as the Commissioners shall direct, or 

 as the regulations may prescribe ; and generally to fulfil zealously and 

 to the best of his ability all duties and obey all directions imposed on 

 or given to him by the Commissioners. 



5. Every Inspector of a Division must report in detail to the Com- 

 missioners once in every month, or oftener if practicable, as to the state 

 of the Fisheries included within his Division so far as he has been able 

 by personal inspection or from trustworthy information to ascertain the 



* See Government Gazette of June 30, 1881. 



