NOTIFICATIONS 



No. 43. Under the provisions of Madras Act II. of 



1879 (an Act to provide for the 



Fort St. George Gazette, 28th r , ,. 



October 1890, page 825. protection of game and accli- 



matised fish in the district of 



the Nilgiris in the Madras Presidency), and in supersession 

 of the notification published at page 70, Part I., of the 

 Fort St. George Gazette of the 8th February 1881, His 

 Excellency the Governor in Council hereby fixes the 

 undermentioned periods as the seasons during which it 

 shall not be lawful to shoot at, kill, capture, pursue, or 

 sell, or attempt to kill, capture, or sell large and small 

 game, respectively, in the year 1891 and future years, 

 viz. : 



Large game (including all } ~, f T 



., ,, , 6 The ist of June to the 



game other than hares > r ~ L , . , . 



, f .. , . 3 ist of October inclusive, 



and feathered game). J w 



c ,, ,, ,\ The 1 5th of March to the 



Small Game (hares and ?. r , 



r <_, , ^ 1 5th of September 



feathered game) . . f 



} inclusive. 



(Sd.) C. A. GALTON, 



Secretary to Government. 



Extract from Rules under Act II. 0/1879, Nilgiri Game and 

 Fish Preservation. 



3. All Police Officers and Heads of Villages are required 

 to give every possible assistance in the detection of per- 

 sons violating these provisions, and to give information 

 to the Magistrate, and section 9 of the Act empowers 

 Magistrates to award to any person by whose aid or 

 information a conviction is obtained, half of the fine 

 inflicted on the offender. 



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