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As to Public Oyster Reserves. 



35. Portions of Crown Lands declared exempt from lease under the 

 33rd section, and notified in the Gazette as Public Oyster Reserves, shall 

 be divided into two classes : — (1.) Public Oyster Reserves for recreation. 

 (2.) Public Oyster Reserves for oyster breeding purposes. 



Reserves to he tinder Control of Inspectors. 



36. All public oyster reserves shall, subject to the directions of the 

 Commissioners, be under the control and supervision of the Inspector of 

 the tidal waters wherein such reserves are situated. And such Inspector, 

 or any officer of police, or Constable, may apprehend and lodge in custody 

 any person found removing oysters from any Recreation Reserve in a 

 bag or other vessel or receptacle other than a bottle, and for his own 

 consumption, or found wantonly destroying any oysters on such reserve, 

 or conducting himself thereon in a disorderly manner, using profane, 

 obscene, or disgusting language, drowning or destroying dogs, goats, 

 cats, or any animal whatsoever, or depositing any dead carcase on, or 

 within one hundred yards of, such reserve ; or exposuig his person, or 

 annoying the residents or passers by. And any person charged with 

 the commission of any such act as aforesaid shall, on conviction thereof, 

 forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding £10. 



Licenses to gather Oysters and Sjxit for sale or cidture from Breeding 



Reserves. 



37. Annual licenses may be granted on application to the Com- 

 missioners or to the Police Magistrate or Clerk of Petty Sessions of the 

 Bench nearest to a public oyster reserve for oyster-bi'eeding purposes, to 

 any persons to gather oysters and spat therefrom for the sale or culture, 

 whether for laying down on the layings of the applicants or on those of 

 other persons. The fee for every such license shall be five shillings ; but 

 each license shall authorize only the person named therein to gatser such 

 oyster or spat. If no particular portion of the reserve is specified in the 

 license, the licensee can gather throughout the entire reserve ; but if a 

 particular portion be specified, the licensee will be restricted to that 

 portion. Notwithstanding the grant of licenses, a public oyster reserve 

 for breeding purposes, or any portion thereof, may, if the Commissioners 

 think fit, be withdrawn from use as a gathering ground for such time as 

 they may appoint. And all licenses shall be deemed to be granted sub- 

 ject to the conditions af such withdrawal. 



Marking of Public Oyster Reserves. 



38. All public oyster reserves, and all portions of Crown Lands 

 exempted from lease under section 33 of the Act, will be marked or 

 defined by stakes, buoys, or such other mode as the Commissioners shall 

 direct ; but such marking or definition shall iiot be deemed to be manda- 

 tory in any case where the boundaries of any such reserve have been 

 defined in the Gazette notifying such reserve. 



As to Recognizances under Section 62. 



39. The gaoler or pei'son in charge of any gaol, lock-up, or police 

 station, may liberate any ])erson lodged in his custody under the 62nd 

 section of the Act, on sue'- person entering into recognizance, with or 



