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CONSOLIDATED STATUTES, 1892, CHAPTER 129. a 

 OF THE EXPORTATION, SALE, &C. OF BAIT FISHES. 



1. No person shall — 



( 1) Export, or cause or procure to be exported, or assist in 

 the exportation of; or 



(2) Haul, catch, take, or have in his possession, for the pur- 

 pose of exportation; or 



(3) Purchase or receive in trade or barter, for the purpose of 

 exportation; or 



(4) Take, ship, or put, or haul on board, or assist in taking, 

 shipping, putting, or hauling on board of any ship or vessel for 

 any purpose whatever; or 



(5) Carry or convey on board of any ship or vessel for any 

 purpose whatever, 



any herring, caplin, squid, or other bait fishes, from, on, or near any 

 parts of this colony or its dependencies, or from or in any of the bays, 

 fiarbors, or other places therein, without a license in writing, to be 

 granted and issued as hereinafter provided. 



2. Licenses mav be granted for any of the following purposes, viz: 



(a) To export bait fishes to a foreign country for bait purposes. 



( b) To export bait fishes to a foreign country for food or consump- 

 tion. 



(c) To export bait fishes for use for bait purposes in prosecuting 

 deep sea fisheries. 



(d) To haul, catch, or take bait fishes for exportation. 



(e) To purchase bait fishes for exportation for food or consumption. 

 (J) To take, ship, or put on board a ship or vessel, or to carry or 



convey on board a ship or vessel, bait fishes for exportation for food 

 or consumption. 



(a) I o purchase bait fishes for exportation for bait purposes. 



To take, skip, or put on board a ship or vessel, or to carry or 

 convey on board a ship or vessel, bait fishes for exportation for bait 

 purposes. 



(i) To take, ship, or put on board a ship or vessel, or to carry or 

 convey on board a ship or vessel coastwise, to be discharged or landed 

 or transshipped to some other ship or vessel within some port in this 

 Colony. 



:;. No such licenses shall be issued except under the authority of 

 the Governor in Council, and countersigned by the Colonial Secret ary. 



4. The Governor in Council may, from time bo time, by proclama- 

 tion, suspend or limit I lie operation of this rim />/< v. [act] and the issue 

 of licenses thereunder, in relation to any district or part of this 

 colony, or the coasts thereof, and for suck period and in relation to 



sale or exportation to suck places or for suck purposes and in suck 



quantities as shall appear expedient, and as shall be declared and 



defined in I he proclamat ion. 



.">. No license under this chapter [act] shall be granted to any per- 

 son unless he shall have first made an affidavit before b Sub-collector 



i This chapter is substantially the ame as the act of June I . 1889, (52 Vict., cap. 6) 

 entitled "An acl to amend ana consolidate the laws relating to the exportation and 



I bait fi hes." The «roi in the act oi I 



printed in italics, ami the words ol the act oi 188 I omitted are inserted in bi 



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