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preceding season in public or common waters — one 

 member being eligible for every 50/. of license duty 

 paid. That there are defects in the system is ap- 

 parent. County councillors do not necessarily 

 possess any knowledge of, or have any interest in, 

 fishery matters, yet some of their number have seats 

 on the board, while rod and line fishermen, on the 

 other hand, are not adequately represented. It would 

 also be desirable that some change in the law should 

 be made to prevent anyone who has been convicted 

 of an offence against the Salmon Fishery Acts from 

 being eligible as a conservator. 



When a fishery district does not lie wholly within 

 the limits of one county, the county council of any 

 county within which any part of such district lies may 

 apply to the county council of every other county in 

 the district to appoint a fishery committee, consisting 

 of three of their number to form, with the fishery 

 committee of the same number to be appointed by 

 the county council making the application, a joint 

 fishery committee for the district. Such joint fishery 

 committee, together with the ex officio and representa- 

 tive members, form the board of conservators. A 

 board of conservators thus formed are a body cor- 

 porate, having perpetual succession and a common 

 seal, and invested with the following powers : — 



