REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [416] 



miles from the place where his attendance may be required; and shall 

 likewise inspect all tierces, barrels, and half-barrels which are intended 

 to contain pickled fish, and condemn all snch as shall not be conform- 

 able to these provisions, and brand those he shall approve "upon the 

 bang- stave with the initials of his name. 



Smoked herrings, how inspected. 



13. Inspectors of smoked herrings shall inspect, and, when necessary, 

 shall call and repack every box thereof which is intended for sale or ex- 

 portation, and shall for that purpose open, and, after inspecting, reclose 

 and brand the same as hereinbefore directed. 



Fees of inspectors, and how paid. 



14. Every inspector actually performing the duty shall be entitled to 

 receive the following fees for inspecting and branding, viz: For every 

 tierce, nine pence; for every barrel, five pence; and for every half-bar- 

 rel, two pence halfpenny; to be paid one-half by the buyer and the 

 other by the seller; and for each empty cask, one penny, to be paid by 

 the seller. For every box of smoked herrings, one penny-half-penny; 

 and for culling and repacking the same, when necessary, two pence-half- 

 penny in addition. 



Returns of chief inspectors, how made. 



15. Every chief inspector shall make a return to the provincial secre- 

 tary of all the pickled fish inspected by him or his deputies; the same 

 to be made up to the last days of March, June, September, and Decem- 

 ber, in each year, and delivered within one month thereafter. 



Deputy inspectors to account to chief inspectors. 



16. The deputy inspectors shall account to the chief inspector under 

 wbom they act once in every three months, or oftener if required, for 

 all fish inspected and tbe fees received by them therefor; and shall pay 

 over to him one-fifth of the same. 



Fine for allowing unauthorized parties to inspect fish, and for lending 



branding irons. 



17. No person other than an inspector shall sort, weigh, inspect, 

 brand, or alter any tierce, barrel, or half barrel of pickled fish intended 

 for exportation, unless in the presence and sight, and by the authority 

 of an inspector; and any inspector who shall suffer any person so to act, 

 or shall lend his branding irons in violation or evasion of this section, 

 shall forfeit ten pounds for every offence. 



Fine for acting without authority. 



18. If any person not duly appointed and sworn shall act as an in- 

 spector of pickied fish, he shall for every offence forfeit twenty pounds. 



