REPORT OF BRITISH COMMISSIONERS. 267 



One-half of every penally recovered nuder this Ordinance shall he 

 paid to tlie person who probeeutcd tlie ollence or sued for such penalty. 



All lines, forfeitures, and penalties recovered under this Ordinance 

 where not otherwise hereinbefore provided, shall be to Her Ma.jesry, 

 her heirs and successors, and shall l)e paid to the Treasurer for the use 

 of the Government of this Colony. 



For all purposes of and incidental to the trial and pnnishment of 

 any person accused of any ort'ence under tliis Ordinance, and the pro- 

 ceedings and matters preliminary and incidental to and consequential 

 on his trial and punishment, and for all purposes of and incidental to 

 the jurisdictiou of any Court, or of any coustahle or ollicer with 

 reference to such oftence, the ofience shall he deemed to have been 

 committed either in the place in which it was actually connnitted, or 

 in any phice in which the oft'cnder may for the time being be found. 



4. Where the owner or master of a ship or vessel is adjudged to pay ^ . , ., .. 



a penalty for an offence under this Ordinance, the Court may, in addi- sliii'io penary? 

 tion to any other power they may have for the purpose of comi)elling 

 payment of such penalty, direct the same to be levied by distress or 

 arrestment, and sale of the said ship or vessel and her tackle. 



5. In this Ordinance the expression "seal" means the "fur-seal," the t> «„;<.,-„ „, 

 "sea-otter," the "hair-seal,' the "sea-elephant," the "sea-leopard," "g^.^l," 



and the "sea-dog," and includes any animal of the seal kind which 

 may he fonud within the limits of this Colony and its dependencies. 



6. This Ordinance maybe cited as "The Seal Fishery Ordinance, sbort title 

 1881." 



[seal.] (Signed) T. Kerr, Governor. 



Passed the Legislative Council this 27th day of December, 1881. 

 (Signed) John Wright Collins, 



Clerk to the Coimcil. 



194 CAri? OF Good Hope. 



Caj)e Oovrniment Notice, 



SEAL ISLAND. 



His Excellency the Governor, having been ])leased to decide that the seal island in 

 Mossel Bay shall not be granted on lease for the present, hereby prohibits all persons 

 from disturbing the seals on the said island, ami warns them from trespassing there 

 after this notice on pain of prosecution. 



By Command of his Excellency the Governor, 



(Signed) John Montague, 



Colonial Office, 



Cape of Good Hope, April 1:2, 1S44. 



Secret ar If to Government. 



[Tasmania. See p. 158.] 



Japan. 



Eefj Illations for the Protection of the Ftir-Scal Finlierij issued hy the Japanese Government 



in October 1S7S. 



Article 1. In view of protecting seal-hnnting and checking foreign poachers, a 

 vessel of foreign type shall be connuissioned to cruize in the iieighbourliood of Itruji. 

 "Chishimaniaru" shall be connuissioned for this purpose for the time beiug. 



Art. 2. The mode of killing shall maiulj' be by clubbing, and the use of guns shall 

 he avoided as much as possible. 



Art. 3. Young seals shall be spared as much as possible. 



Art. 4. The number of seals to be caught within 1 ri of coast-line shall not exceed 

 forty-five per annum. 



Art. 5. Between the months of May and November the killing of seals within 1 ri 

 of coast-line is prohibited. 



