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without sureties, as such gaoler or person in charge as aforesaid shall 

 think fit, conditioned that he will appear for examination before a 

 Justice of the Peace at a place and time to be therein specified. And 

 such recognizance shall be of equal obligation on the parties entering 

 into the same, and be liable to the same proceedings for estreatment as 

 if the same had been taken before a Justice of the Peace. And such 

 gaoler or person in charge as aforesaid shall make the like entries and 

 take the same proceedings (as shall also the Justice before whom the 

 same are tried, and the Clerk of the Peace and all other persons) in 

 respect thereto, as are required or directed by the Towns Police Act, 2 

 Vic. No. 2, in respect of persons charged with any petty misdemeanour 

 thereunder. 



Regulations for the Hauling and Landing of Gar-fish and Prawn Nets. 



40. Every hond-fide gar-fish net within the meaning of section 11 of 

 the Act, and every net having a mesh in the centre less than 2 inches, 

 and in the wings less than 3 inches, shall be emptied in the water, and 

 shall not be hauled ashore to a beach or strand. 



41. Whenever a net used for catching prawns shall be hauled ashore 

 to a beach, one end of such net shall be opened so as to allow all under- 

 sized fish to escape, and only the flue or centre of the net shall be brought 

 ashore. 



Marking Oyster-beds and Leased A reas. 



42. The position of natural oyster-beds shall be marked by piles or 

 stakes driven into the bottom at such places and in such manner as to 

 define with reasonable accuracy the length, width, and shape of the beds. 

 Such piles or stakes shall show above the line of high- water-mark at least 

 6 feet, and shall be painted red, with the words, " Oyster-bed, No. " 

 [^stating the number of the bed on the jjarticidar river or tidal water'\ 

 painted in white Roman letters at least 3 inches in length, on a black 

 cross bar or batten, near the head of the pile, or stake. Piles must be 

 not less in average diameter than 6 inches. Buoys of iron or wood may 

 be substituted for piles or stakes, if the water be too deep for piles or 

 stakes, or in cases of necessity, or temporarily, at the discretion of the 

 Inspector. 



43. All areas leased under section 28 or 32 shall be marked at each 

 corner by white piles of the same dimensions, and showing out of water 

 to the same height as in the case of natural oyster-beds, or by iron or 

 wooden buoys, in each case painted white, at the option of the lessee, if 

 the bottom at any such corner shall be rock, or otherwise incapable of 

 holding a pile, or if the water be deeper than 2 fathoms at low water. 

 In all cases the words " Oyster-lease, No. " (inserting the registered 

 number) shall be painted in black Roman letters at least 3 inches in 

 length, on a white cross-bar or batten near the head of the pile or stake, 

 or across the face of the buoy. 



44. Wherever practicable the piles, stakes, or buoys shall be so placed, 

 both on natural oyster-beds and on leased areas, that imaginary lines 

 connecting the boundaries across the river, creek, or inlet shall be at 

 right-angles to the direction of the tide. 



