468 FOREIGN STATUTES. 



said Acts slioulcT extend and apply to sui-li vessels during all the time 

 during which they are so employed, and that for that purpose the pro- 

 visions of said Acts, so far as they are applicable to extra-territorial 

 waters, should be extended to such waters by an Act of the Federal 

 Council of Australasia: 



Be it therefore enacted by the Queoil'i Most Excellent ]\f((j<sfi/, hy and 

 with the advice and consent of the Federal Council of Austrahma^ assem- 

 bled at Hobart, in the Colony of Tasmania, and by the authority of the 

 same, as follows: 



1. This act maybe cited as "The Queensland Pearl Shell and Beche- 



shorfc title and com- demer Fisheries (Extra territorial) Act of 1888," and 

 luencement. sluxll commeuce aud take effect ou and from the date 



of Her Majesty's assent thereto being i)ro(*laimed in Queensland. 



luterpretation. 45 2. lu this Act the followiug tcrms shall, unless the 

 Vic, No. 2 (Queens- coutcxt othcrwisc indicatcs, have the meanings set 

 land), s. 1. against them respectively; that is to say — 



"Australasian waters adjacent to Queensland." i^ll Australasian 

 . waters within the limits described in the Schedule to 



adjiTclntfoQueenT this Act, exclusiAC of watcrs witliiu the territorial 

 land." (Schedule.) jurisdiction of the Colony of Queensland; 



Note. — The Sections of this Act which are omitted contaiu further defiuitions of 

 terms, and miuute provisions as to licenses, contracts with seamen, the payment of 

 wages, the reporting of deaths aud desertions, and the legal process for the enforce- 

 ment of the Act. 



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19. This act applies only to British ships, and boats 

 attached to British ships. 



THE SCHEDULE. 



All waters included within a line drawn from Sandy Cape northward to the 

 southeastern limit of the Great Barrier Reefs, theuce followiug the line of the Grent 

 Barrier Reefs to their northeastern extremity near the latitude of nine and a half 

 degrees south ; thence in a north-westerly direction, embraciug East Anchor and 



Limitation of act. 



hot Islands, thence to and embracing the Deliverance Islands and onward, in a west 

 by south direction (true) to the meridian of one hundred and thirty eight degrees of 

 east lono'titude, aud theuce by the meridian southerly to the shore of Queeusland. 



AN ACT to regulate the Pearl-Shell and Beche-de-mer Fisheries in Australasian 

 Waters adjacent to the Colony of Western Australia. 



[Rf served 4th February, 1889; Queen's as.sent proclaimed 18th January, 1890.] 



orn ^Austrlba M WHEREAS by Certain Acts of the Legislative Council 

 Shell and Beche-de- of Westem Australia provision has been made for reg- 



iiierFisheries (Extra- ^\ . ,, ^^ i i n n- i • j.i x -^ ■ i „ <- ,„ . 



territorial) actoti889. ulatuig thc Pearl-sliell 1 isliciy mtheteiritorial waters 

 Preamble. of that Colouy ; Aiul wlicreas vessels empU)yed in such 



Fishery are, in the i)r()secution of their business, sometimes within and 

 soinetimes beyond tlie territorial jurisdiction of Western Australia; 

 And whereas it is expedient that the i)iovisions of the said Acts should 

 extend and api)ly to such vessels during all the time d\iriug which they 

 are s()emi)loyed,'and that lor thatpurpose the ])rovisions of tlie said Act?!, 

 so far as they are appb'cable to extra territirial wateis, should be ex- 

 tended to such watcrs by au Act of tlie Federal Couiic il of Australasiaj 



