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contain salmon, and all nets and baskets and other 

 instruments. 



6. May seize all salmon illegally caught, and all 

 instruments illegally used. 



In Scotland, any person employed in the execu- 

 tion of the Salmon Fishery Acts may seize and detain 

 all fish illegally taken, and all boats, tackle, nets, 

 and other engines illegally used. Water-bailiffs and 

 officers of district boards have power, as in England, 

 to enter upon land if they have reason to suspect a 

 breach of the Acts to have been or may be com- 

 mitted. But no special order or warrant is necessary. 

 Similar powers are also given to them to examine 

 dams, weirs, cruives, etc., as in England. 



The Irish Acts confer upon water-bailiffs almost 

 identical powers as do the English Acts ; one point 

 only may be noticed, viz. that under a warrant they 

 may enter a garden or a dwelling hotfse. For the 

 further protection of the fisheries in Ireland, officers 

 and men of the Navy and Coastguard, and the Royal 

 Irish Constabulary, are empowered to carry out and 

 enforce the provisions of the Salmon Fishery Acts. 



Under the Larceny Act, 1861, above mentioned, 

 private individuals in England and Ireland may 

 arrest persons offending against its provisions, except 

 for angling in the daytime, and if any person is 



