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Art. 5. On condition of an inscription on the back of the list of em- 

 barkation a, mee, the taking of oysters will be permitted — 



1st. By the fishermens' wives. 



2nd. By their sons, not sailors, under fifteen years of age. 



3rd. By their unmarried daughters. 



4th. And lastly, by the widows of sailors. 



For this purpose the skippers (patrons), who intend to embark their 

 wives and children, should, before fishing commences, make a declaration 

 to that effect, viz. : — 



To the patrons of the syndicat of la Teste — at the office of the Mari- 

 time Inscription. 



The patrons of Gujan, Meyran, and La Buade — at the residence of 

 the garde maritime at Gujan. 



The patrons of Mestras — at the syndicat of the sailors at Mestras. 



The patrons of Audenge, Lanton, and Biganos — at the syndicat of the 

 sailors at Ares. 



Art. 6. The taking of oysters is forbidden between sunset and sunrise. 



At the places where it should be exercised on the 4th December, fishing- 

 will only commence when the signal has been given either by the officers, 

 or agents de surveillance (" caretakers"), (inspectors of fishing, syndics 

 of the sailors, marine officers, and gardes maritimes) , present on the spot, 

 by means of the national flag hoisted to the mast of their embarkation. 



The fishing will cease as soon as the flag has been hauled down. 



On other days and places, the duration of the fishing will be in con- 

 formity with the terms of the present order. 



Art. 7. Any infraction of the present order will be made amenable to, 

 and be punished by, articles 7, 8, and 9, of the law of the 9th January, 

 1852. 



Art. 8. The present order will be published and posted conformably 

 to article 77 of the decree of the 4th July, 1853, by the Commissioner 

 General, Chief of the Marine Service at Bordeaux. 



E. Larrieu. 



Kochefort, the 23rd November, 1865. 



Office of the Minister of Marine and the Colonies. 



The Minister of the Marine and the Colonies to the Prefects 



Maritimes. 



(2nd Direction : Personnel, 3rd Office : Fishing and Marine domains.) 



Paris, 22nd May, 1865. 

 Communication of a Note with reference to the Working of Oyster Beds. 



Sir, 



The information concerning the oyster fisheries, centralized for 

 several years at the office of the minister, have enabled me to repro- 

 duce in a note at the end of the present circular, the principles which 

 should guide the administration in the preparation of the orders to 

 intervene in execution of the 8th article of the decree of the 10th May, 

 1862. This note, compiled, with the advice of the permanent com- 

 mission of fisheries and maritime domains, contains suggestions which I 

 specially recommend to your attention. They are the result of ex- 

 perience, and their application, by assuring a reasonable working of the 



