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This was extended to private fisheries in England 

 by an Act of the following year. 



By the Malicious Injuries to Property Act, 1861, 

 s. 32, it is an offence unlawfully and maliciously to 

 put any lime or noxious material into any salmon 

 river with intent to destroy fish therein. This Act 

 extends to England and Ireland, and by s. 24 of the 

 Larceny Act, 1861, it is an offence unlawfully and 

 wilfully to take or destroy any fish in any water, 

 which shall run through or be in any land adjoining 

 to or belonging to the dwelling house of any person 

 being the owner of such water or having a right of 

 fishery therein, or to destroy or attempt to destroy 

 fish in a private fishery. This applies to England 

 and Ireland. 



By the Gas Works Clauses Act, 1847, it * s an 

 offence if the persons authorised to construct gas- 

 works cause or suffer to be brought or flow into any 

 stream or place for water, or into any drain com- 

 municating therewith, any washing or other substance 

 produced in making or supplying gas, or do any 

 act whereby the water in such stream or place may 

 be fouled. 



Similar provision is made in the Rivers Pollution 

 Act, 1878, with regard to the refuse from factories, 

 quarries, and mines, and to sewage. No one, how- 



