FRANCE. 469 



And whereas it is desirable that the provisions of the said Acts shoiikl 

 apply to persons and vessels engaged in the Beche-de-mer Fishery in 

 like manner as to the Pearl-shell Fishery: 



Be it enacted hij the Quecri's Most Excellent Majesty^ by and with the ad- 

 vice and consent of the Federal Council of Australasia^ assembled at Ho- 

 bart, in the colony of Tasmania, and by the authority of the same, asfol- 

 loics: 



1. This Act may be cited as "The Western Australian Pearl-shell and 

 Beche-de-mer Fisheries (Extra territorial) Act of 1889," ^, ,,.„ 



, T 1, / I /./> j_ -If ji T J c TT Sliort title aud com- 



and shall take eftect on and irom the date ot Her menceraent. 

 Majesty's assent thereto being proclaimed in Western 

 Australia. 



2. This Act applies only to British ships and boats r- ■. .. ^ . 



,, T -, , t^ ■ r-- \ T • -Limitation of act. 



attached to British shi[)S. 



3. In this Act the following terms shall, unless the context other- 

 wise indicates, have the meanings set against them re- " , 



, . 1 .1 , • , ^ ^ luterpi-etationa. 



spectively ; that is, to say : 



"Australasian Waters adjacent to Western Australia." All Austral- 

 asian waters within the limits described in the schedule to this Act, 

 exclusive of waters witliin the territorial jurisdiction of the colony of 

 Western Australia : 



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Note. — The sections of this act wliicli are omitted contain furtlier definitions of 

 terms, and minute provisions as to licenses, the employment and discharge of sea- 

 men, and the legal process for the enforcement of the act. 



SCHEDULE. 



A parallelogram of which the Northwestern corner is in longitude 112° 52' East, 

 and latitude 13° 30' South, of which the Northeastern corner is in longitude 129° 

 East and latitude 13° 30' south, of which the Southwestern corner is in longitude 

 112° 52' East, and latitude 35° 8' South, and of which the Southeastern corner is in 

 longitude 129° East, and latitude 35° 8' South. 



FRANCE. 



DECRET DU DIX MAI, 1862. 



AuT. 2. Sur la demande des i)rud' homines des pecheurs, de leurs 

 delegiies, et, a deftxut, des syndics des gens de mer, certaines peches 

 peuvent etre tempi )rairement interdites sur une etendue de mer au dela 

 de trois milles du littoral, si cette mesure est commandee par Tinteret 

 de la conservation des fonds oii de la peche de poissons de passage. 



DECREE OF MAY 10, 1862, BY THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE. 



[Translation.] 

 AUTICLE II. 



Upon the request of the expert fishermen, of their representatives, or, 

 for the want of them, of the syndicates (organiziitions) of sea-faring 

 men, certain fisheries may be temjiorarily forbidden over an extent of sea 

 situated beyond three miles from the .shore, if such measure is reipiired 

 in the interest of the preservation of the bed of the sea or of a fishery 

 composed of migratory fishes. 



