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SALMON FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) CONTINUANCE 

 ACT, 1863. 



By the Act of 1862, the duration of office of the Com- 

 missioners under it was limited to three years (a limit 

 afterwards withdrawn), but the bye-laws which they were 

 empowered to make were to be framed and reported to the 

 Secretary of State by the 1st day of January, 1864. As 

 this time was found to be insufficient, it became necessary 

 to extend it, which was done for one year by this Act, 

 which also gave power to the Commissioners by means of 

 a bye-law to extend the limits of the mouth of the Tweed. 



SALMON FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) AMENDMENT 

 ACT, 1864. 



The time for making the bye-laws having proved still too 

 short, it was extended to 1st January, 1866, by this Act, 

 which also made certain provisions as to the making or 

 re-issue of bye-laws in cases where district boards had not 

 been formed. 



SALMON EXPORTATION ACT, 1863. 



This Act (which is next in point of time to the Act of 

 1862) was passed to prohibit the exportation of salmon 

 caught in the United Kingdom during the close time. The 

 sale of such salmon had previously been illegal, but it was 

 found that the law was being evaded by the sale in foreign 

 countries of fish which could not lawfully be sold at home. 



ACT OF 1868. 



We now come to the companion Act to that of 1862 in 

 the regulation of the Scottish salmon fisheries. The length 



