IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE. 63 



Decree. 



Napoleon, by the grace of God and the national will, Emperor of the 

 French, 



To all present and to come, greeting. 



On the report of the Minister of the Marine and Colonies, 



Considering the advice of the Permanent Commission of Fisheries and 

 the Maritime Domain, 



Have decreed and decree as follows : 



Art. 1. Every application for authority to form beds or claires for 

 oysters, as well as for permanent depots for shell-fish, on a part of the 

 maritime domain, should be accompanied by a plan detailing the works 

 to be constructed and a plan of the shore, shown on the marine map of the 

 locality, so as to make the situation of the park or depot known. 



Art. 4. These applications are to be always submitted to an inquiry 

 in the commune of the territory, during fifteen days, together with a 

 notice of such application to be posted in the locality. 



Art. 5. The posting of the notices, after being vised by the commis- 

 sioner of the quarter, is to be done at the expense of the applicant. 



The mayors of communes can, in the delay of article 4, transmit to 

 the maritime authorities the observations and objections which might be 

 addressed to them. 



Art. 6. The official report of the inquiry, containing the different evi- 

 dence, to which is added the documents mentioned in article 1, as well 

 as all the notes of the inquiry, is to be transmitted to the Maritime 

 Prefect, who forwards it to the minister with his suggestions thereon. 



The Prefect Maritime also transmits to the minister all the observa- 

 tions or objections that he will have received directly on the subject of 

 the demands submitted to the inquiry. 



Art. 7. All the above mentioned formalities will be dispensed with as 

 regards the applications already granted in the substitution of grants of 

 parks or claires which have been conceded conformably to the preceding- 

 rules. 



Art. 8. The Minister of the Marine and Colonies is charged to have 

 this decree carried out. 



Given at the Palace of Compiegne, 10th November, 1862. 



Signed Napoleon. 

 By the Emperor : 

 The Minister Secretary of State for the Marine and Colonies, 

 Signed C te - P. De Chasseloup-Laubat. 



Enclosure No. 6. 

 Ministry of the Marine and the Colonies. 



The Admiral, Minister Secretary of State in the Department of the 

 Marine and the Colonies ; 



Considering the article 2 of the decree of 9th January, 1852 ; 



Considering the decree of the 4th July, 1853, on the exercise of the 

 coast fishery in the maritime division ; 



Considering the decree of 10th November, 1862 ; 



Considering the application of the person interested and the plan 

 annexed hereto ; _ 



