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same. He will be required to report especially as to the condition of 

 the natural oyster-beds and deposits of oysters in all Avaters within his 

 Division ; whether the oysters are in marketable condition or otherwise, 

 and what number of bags of oysters have been dredged from such beds 

 during the preceding month, together with the amount of the royalty 

 paid or required to be paid thereon ; to receive and transmit to the 

 Commissioners all applications for leases which may be sent to him ; to 

 till up, to the best of his knowledge and judgment, and to transmit 

 without delay to the Secretary, all forms of returns issued to him ; to 

 inform the Secretary of all breaches of the Act or the Regulations, 

 whether by acts of commission or default, and to await the instructions 

 of the Commissioners before laying an information against offenders 

 or defaulters ; to take particular notice of the movements and habitn of 

 the various kinds of useful fish, whether included in the Schedules of 

 the Act or not ; to report to the Secretaiy the existence of any source 

 of pollution to the waters under his iiispection, or of any mortality, 

 disease, or ill-condition of fish, oysters, lobsters, crabs, or prawns ; to 

 ensure cleanliness and good order in his boat and crew (if any) ; to keep 

 ti'ue and particular accounts of all expenses incurred by him when 

 absent from his post on inspection or other service, and to enter the 

 same in his journal ; to keep a diary or journal in which he shall enter 

 every day's work, and any other matter afTecting the state of the 

 fisheries in his Di\"ision ; to visit and report, upon all stations within 

 his Division at least once in each quarter, unless otherwise directed by 

 the Commissioners ; to report himself at the office of the Commissioners 

 whenever in Sydney on duty ; to promote, by every means in his 

 power, good feeling and concert of action in his relations with all 

 Inspectors, Assistant Inspectors, and other persons concerned with the 

 the administration of tlie Act within his Division, and generally to 

 devote his best energies to the administration of the Act and Regula- 

 tions, and to the performance of all duties delegated to him by the 

 Commissioners. 



6. The duties of the Assistant Inspector shall be the same f mutatis 

 mtttandis) as those of an Inspector of a Division, except that his reports 

 shall be in duplicate, one to be transmitted to the Inspector of the 

 Division, the other to the Secretary of the Commissioners, and that he 

 will not, unless required by the Commissioners, visit or inspect any 

 fisheries except those included within his district. 



7. The duties of an Acting Assistant Inspector shall be to assist the 

 Inspectors so far as may be in his power ; to inform them of any breach 

 of, or non-compliance with, the Fisheries Act or the Regulations, and, 

 in the absence of an Inspector, to report any such breach or non- 

 compliance to the Secretaiy, and receive the instructions of the Com- 

 missioners thereupon ; to take all legal and other proceedings which he 

 may be instructed to take ; to protect the Revenue by all means in his 

 power from being defrauded by non-j^tayment of royalties or otherwise ; 

 to report all cases of oysters being found in a vessel in unbranded bags 

 or otherwise in contravention of the Act or Regulations ; to inform 

 Inspectors of all matters relating to the fisheries at or near his station 

 which comes to his knowledge ; and to carry out all instructions received 

 from the Commissioners to the best of his ability. 



