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cribs, nil boats and oars (except those used for 

 angling), within thirty-six hours after the commence- 

 ment of the annual close time. 



i 2. Neglecting to keep open a clear passage for 

 salmon through nets, cribs, boxes, cruives, and other 

 engines during weekly close time. 



13. Doing any act or using any device for the 

 purpose of preventing the free passage of salmon 

 through the same during the close times (annual or 

 weekly). 



14. Fish Passes and Free Gaps. Neglecting to 

 erect or maintain, or injuring and thereby rendering 

 less efficient, when erected, _a free gap, Queen's 

 share, or fish pass, in dams, dykes, weirs, or other 

 obstructions, as and where required by law. 



15. Doing any act for the purpose of preventing 

 the free passage of salmon through the same. 



1 6. Using Illegal Nets and other Engines. Using 

 a net whose mesh in England is less than 2 inches, 

 measured from knot to knot or 8 inches all round 

 when wet ; in Scotland and Ireland, whose mesh is 

 less than one and three-quarter inches from knot to 

 knot or seven inches all round when wet ; or in the 

 United Kingdom, a net whose mesh is of a smaller 

 size than is sanctioned in a particular locality by 

 bye-law. 



