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this number shall be marked on every net buoy, and on every tablet securely attached 

 to each net fished by the holder thereof. 



Note : — 



(In Annapolis Co. the following regulation is in force under sec. 16 of the regula- 

 tions.) 



(6) Every net-buoy shall have the name of the owner, and the number of his 

 fishery upon it. either in red letters or branded with hot iron : and every net shall have 

 a tablet securely attached to it, with the name and number of its owner upon it, as 

 above.) 



(8) — Reserves for the Propagation of Fish. 



That in accordance with the power vested in the Honourable the Minister by sec- 

 tion 65 of the Fisheries Act, chapter 45, the following rivers shall be set apart for the 

 propagation of fish, viz.: — 



(1) The Annapolis and Nictau, above a line drawn across the Annapolis river 

 100 feet below Bridgetown bridge. 



(2) The Gaspereau river from its mouth or outlet. 



(3) The Avon river above a line drawn from Avondale Landing to Young's wharf 

 in Falmouth. 



(4) The Shubenacadie river, from a line drawn across the river 100 feet below 

 the bridge at Shubenacadie village. 



(5) The Stewiacke river above a line 100 feet below Dickey's mill-boom at the 

 Intercolonial Railway bridge. 



(6) The Petitcodiac river, above a line drawn across the river 100 feet below 

 Coverdale and Moncton bridge. 



(9) — Prohibition of Weirs, &c., in Ohignecto and Minos Waters. 



That all weirs of brush, wire or net and all seines be prohibited above an imaginary 

 line drawn from the county line between St. John and Albert counties, New Brunswick, 

 to Cape Chignecto, Nova Scotia, and thence to Cape D'Or and continuing to Cape 

 Split, thence by a straight line drawn from Cape Split to Stephen Bennett's bay. 



(10) — Permit Two Days Dip-netting each Week in Lequille Eiver as in Round Hill 

 River. 

 That subsection 8 of section 16 of the Nova Scotia regulations be amended by 

 the insertion after the words ' Round Hill river ' of the words ' and Lequille river or 

 Allen's brook ' so that dip-netting shall be permitted on Wednesday and Thursday in 

 each week on both rivers. 



(11) — Shuhenacadie waters to include Grand Lalce and Upper Waters. 



That the waters of Shubenacadie river instead of being limited by Halifax county 

 line as provided by subsection 1 (a) section IS of the Nova Scotia regulations shall 

 be extended to include Grand lake and all the head waters of the Shubenacadie river, 

 and the clause (a) be amended accordingly. 



(12) — Increased Fishery Patrol. 



To ensure the proper protection of the fish on the spawning grounds an increased 

 patrol service is absolutely necessary. It is desirable that active special officers, not 



