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FISHERY REGULATIONS. 



iJopy of an Order -in-Council, approved by His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, 



the 26th day of May, A.D. 1SS7. 



Upon the recoinmendatioii of the Honouivible the Commissioner of Cro'-vn 

 Lands, the Committee of Council advise, that the accompanying^ regulations 

 under the " Ontario Fisheries Act, 1885," be approved of and established by Your 

 Honour. 



Certified, 



J. LONSDALE CAPREOL, 



Asst. Clerk, Executive Council, Ontario. 

 The Honourable 



The Commissioner of Crown Lands. 



The Commissioner of Crown Lands has the honour to recommend to the 

 Executive Council thit the follovvini^ ref^ulations be made under " Tne Ontario 

 Fisheries Act:, 1885," namel}^ : — 



1. That leases 2^ranti;il for the purposa of conveyin:^ the fishin;^ rights pertain- 

 ing to public lands a Ijoining the rivers, streams and lakes of the Province, shall 

 be for the depth of one chain inland from the water's e Ige. 



2. Sudi leases shall be granted as far as practicable to responsible parties, 

 able and wiUin:j to improve the lakes and rivers and gaird them well. Applicants 

 having in view the personal use and enj jyment of the fishing rights to be gener- 

 ally preferred to su"h as may offer higher rents with a view to farming or sub- 

 letting the right to fish. Care to be taken that residents in the Province be 

 allowed to enjoy a due proportion of the fishing rights. 



3. That the valuation of the lands for rent shall be baseil on the chan-acter 

 and condition (jf the rivers, streams and lakes which they adjoin, as made known 

 to the Department of Crown Lands by reports of official inspectors or private 

 individuals, all such reports to be considered confidential, and not to be communi- 

 cated to. other parties without the express authorizition of the Commissioner of 

 Crown Lands. Ofiers maJe by applicants for leases not to be communicated to 

 other applicants. 



4. That leases of lands made and granted under the provisions of " The 

 Ontario Fisheries Act," shall not be held to convey the right to work any mine 

 that may be found on such lands, or to cut any timber thereon. 



5. That licenses and permits to fish shall be granted upon payment in ad- 

 vance of such fees as the Commissioner of Crown Lands may from time to time 

 determine, and shall be valid until the close of the angling season of the year in 

 which it is granted. 



6. The excessive or wasteful fishing or killing of fish shall involve the can- 

 cellation of the lease, license or permit covering the waters in which it has taken 

 place. 



7. That it be obligatory uiion an}- person who has no domicile in the Province 

 of Ontario, an I who desires to Hsh in the rivers, streams or lakes, under the con- 

 trol of the Province, to procure a permit or license to that effect from the Com- 

 missioner of Crown Lands before be2:innino: to fish. 



