[403] HISTORY OF THE MACKEREL FISHERY. 



split or sawed staves, free from sap, and in no case to be of hemlock, 

 and the heading shall be of hardwood, pine, fir, or spruce, free from 

 sap, and planed on the outside, and shall be at least three-quarters of 

 an inch in thickness. Staves for salmpn and mackerel barrels shall be 

 twenty-nine inches in length, and the heads between the chimes seven- 

 teen inches. Staves for barrels for herring shall be twenty-seven inches 

 in length, and the heads between the chimes shall be sixteen inches; 

 and the bung staves of all such barrels shall be of hardwood. All 

 casks shall be hooped with not less than twelve sound, good hoops, of 

 not less than one inch in width at the large end for all tierces and bar- 

 rels, and in no case to be of alder. The makers of all tierces, barrels, 

 and half-barrels, shall brand the initials of their Christian names and 

 their whole surnames, and also the letters S. M. or H., according as the 

 package may be intended for salmon, mackerel or herrings, at or near 

 the bung staves, under a penalty of twenty cents for every package not 

 so branded. 



All empty packages shall be subject to the inspection and approval 

 of the inspector or his deputies, who shall brand or mark the word 

 "condemned" immediately after the maker's name on all packages that 

 will not pass inspection. 



In what cases and places inspection shall be compulsory. 



04. The inspection of all pickled fish cured for market or exportation, 

 and of all fish-oils, codfish tongues, or codfish sounds, cured for such 

 purpose, and contained in any such packages as are hereinafter men- 

 tioned, shall be compulsory in every province of the Dominion, except 

 Manitoba and British Columbia, at any place where an inspector is 

 appointed by law ; and if any such pickled fish, fish-oils, or otherarticles 

 aforesaid, in any such package as aforesaid, is sold, or offered for sale, 

 or exported, or shipped, or laden in any vehicle for exportation, or 

 otherwise offered to be exported in or from any place within any prov- 

 ince of Canada, except British Columbia or Manitoba, for which an 

 inspector or deputy inspector has been appointed, without being in- 

 spected under this act, the person so selling or offering it for sale, or 

 exporting it, or offering it for exportation, shall incur a penalty of not 

 less than one dollar and not more than five dollars for each such of- 

 fence. 



Inspection to he in accordance with this act. 



65. All Pickled fish cured for market or exportation, and all fish-oils, 

 codfish tongues and codfish sounds, shall be inspected, weighed, or 

 gauged, and branded or marked, only in accordance with this act; and 

 all green codfish, in boxes or packages, shall be inspected and culled, 

 and a certificate of inspection for the latter, stating the quality and 

 quantity thereof so inspected, and shipped on board any vessel, shall 

 be granted by any inspector or deputy inspector. 



