[411] HISTORY OF THE MACKEREL FISHERY. 



out the words "one inch in width at the large end," and inserting in 

 place thereof the words " five-eights of an inch at the small eud." 



2. Section sixty-four of the act cited in the title of this act is hereby 

 repealed, and the following is substituted in place thereof: 



" 64. The inspection of all pickled fish cured for market or exporta- 

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

 such purpose and contained in any such packages as are hereinafter 

 mentioned shall, whenever such pickled fish, fish oils, or other articles 

 as aforesaid, are removed beyond the limits of the inspection district in 

 which they are pickled or packed, be compulsory in every province of 

 the Dominion (except British Columbia and Manitoba), where an in- 

 spector is appointed by law : and if any such pickled fish, fish oil, oi 

 other article as aforesaid be sold or removed for sale beyond the limits 

 of such district, or shipped or laden in any vehicle for removal, or offered 

 to be removed from any district or place within the Dominion, except 

 Manitoba and British Columbia, without being inspected under this act, 

 the person so selling or removing the same, or offering the same for sale 

 or removal, shall incur a penalty of not less than one dollar and not 

 more than five dollars for each and every such package." 



3. Subsection four of section sixty-six of the said act shall be amended 

 by adding the following words to the first paragraph : 



" And every such box of smoked herrings shall contain at least twenty 

 pounds of fish, and half-boxes shall be twenty-two inches long, four 

 inches deep and eight inches wide, and to contain not less than ten 

 pounds of fish." 



4. Subsection eight of the said sixty-sixth section shall be amended by 

 adding the following : 



" Every barrel of pickled codfish shall contain two hundred pounds 

 of fish, and every half-barrel one hundred pounds of fish/ * * * 



43 Victoria, 1880, chapter XX. 



AN ACT to amend " The geiieral inspection act, 1874," and the act amending it. 



[Assented to 7th May, 1880.] 



In amendment of " The general inspection act, 1874," and the act 

 amending it, passed in the thirty-ninth year of Her Majesty's reign, 

 and chaptered thirty-three : Her Majesty, by and with the advice and 

 consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as 

 follows : 



1. The sixth section of the act first above cited is hereby amended by 

 striking out the word "governor" in the fourth line, and inserting in 

 lieu thereof the words " minister of inland revenue." 



2. The sixty.-fifth section of the said act first above cited is hereby 

 amended by inserting after the word "pickled" in the first line thereof j 

 the words " and smoked." 



