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Inspector's opinion, been so reduced as to threaten the destruction of 
the bed, or to render it unfit to be dredged under Royalty, or to be 
worked, upon the determination of the lease, the Commissioners may 
call upon the lessee to show cause why they should not recommend the 
Governor, with the advice aforesaid, to declare the lease of such lessee 
to be forfeited. And upon the receipt of a recommendation by the 
Commissioners recommending the forfeiture of any such lease, the 
Governor may, by notification in the Gazette, declare the same to be, 
and the same shall thereupon be, forfeited accordingly. 
GENERAL REGULATIONS.* : 
Colonial Secretary’s Office, Sydney, 30th June, 1881. 
His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, 
has been pleased, in accordance with section 9 of the Fisheries Act, 
1881, to make the following Regulations for giving effect to the pro- 
visions of that Act. 
HENRY PARKES. 
Conduct of Business—Duties of Officers. 
1. The Commissioners will meet for the transaction of business at 
their office on every Monday and Thursday at 2 o’clock. If either of 
these days be a public holiday, the meeting will be held on the day 
following. 
2. The President may, by circular to be addressed by the Secretary 
to the residence or office of each Commissioner, convene a special 
meeting of the Commission on any day and hour mentioned in such 
circular. 
3. The common seal of the Commissioners shall not be affixed to any 
document, paper, or writing, except by direction of the President, or, 
in his absence, of the Chairman, and in the presence of some Com- 
missioner. 
4, It shall be the duty of the Secretary to prepare the business paper 
for each meeting of the Commission, to take and record the minutes of 
proceedings at the same; to conduct all correspondence, and keep all 
such books of account, vouchers, reports, documents, plans, and charts 
as the Commissioners may direct or require ; to keep the common seal 
of the Commissioners, and to affix the same to any document or paper 
if so directed by the President or Chairman ; to give such instructions 
to Inspectors, Assistant Inspectors, and other officers and persons 
appointed under the Fisheries Act as the Commissioners shall direct, or 
as the regulations may prescribe ; and generally to fulfil zealously and 
to the best of his ability all duties and obey all directions imposed on 
or given to him by the Commissioners. 
5. Every Inspector of a Division must report in detail to the Com- 
missioners once in every month, or oftener if practicable, as to the state 
of the Fisheries included within his Division so far as he has been able 
by personal inspection or from trustworthy information to ascertain the 
* See Government Gazette of June 30, 1881. 
