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C. All nets, or other lawful appliances for the capture of 

 salmon and sea-trout, shall be placed within the estuary fishings 

 at distances of not less than 200 yards apart, the interval so de- 

 signated to mean along either side of the stream, and such mea- 

 surement to leave the space clear from any net on one side to 

 another net upon the opposite shore, without separate immediate 

 nets, or other devise, being set anywhere therein. 



D. The superintendent of fisheries for Lower Canada, or the 

 stipendiary magistrate in command of the Government vessel for 

 the protection of fisheries, may prescribe, either by written or 

 published instruction, or on sight, the open space between nets to 

 be set in bays, and elsewhere along the coast. 



E. At the outside of the chamber and in the pound of every 

 set or stake-net for the capture of salmon and sea-trout, there 

 shall be maintained a flap or " door " at least ten inches square, 

 which must be left open, affording free egress and passage to 

 salmon and trout, from sundown on Saturdays until sunrise on 

 Mondays. 



F. All other persons are forbidden to take fish of any kind, 

 and in any manner within limits covered by leases or licenses 

 from the Crown, except by special permission of the lessees or 

 licentiates. 



G. The fishing for, taking, and killing of any salmon or sea- 

 trout by aid of torch-light or other artificial light, and by means 

 of spears, harpoon (negog), jigger-hooks, or grapnel is hereby 

 absolutely forbidden. 



H. Indians may, for their own bona fide use and consumption, 

 fish for, catch, or kill salmon and trout by such means as are 

 next above prohibited during the months of May, June, and July, 

 but only upon waters not then leased, licensed, or reserved by 



