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same. He will be required to report especially as to the condition of 
the natural oyster-beds and deposits of oysters in all waters within his 
Division ; whether the oysters are in marketable condition or otherwise, 
and what number of bags of oysters have been dredged from such beds 
during the preceding month, together with the amount of the royalty 
paid or required to be paid thereon; to receive and transmit to the 
Commissioners all applications for leases which may be sent to him; to 
fill up, to the best of his knowledge and judgment, and to transmit 
without delay to the Secretary, all forms of returns issued to him; to 
inform the Secretary of all breaches of the Act or the Regulations, 
whether by acts of commission or default, and to await the instructions 
of the Commissioners before laying an information against offenders 
or defaulters ; to take particular notice of the movements and habits of 
the various kinds of useful fish, whether included in the Schedules of 
the Act or not; to report to the Secretary the existence of any source 
of pollution to the waters under his inspection, or of any mortality, 
disease, or ill-condition of fish, oysters, lobsters, crabs, or prawns; to 
ensure cleanliness and good order in his boat and crew (if any) ; to keep 
true and particular accounts of all expenses incurred by him when 
absent from his post on inspection or other service, and to enter the 
same in his journal ; to keep a diary or journal in which he shall enter 
every day’s work, and any other matter affecting the state of the 
fisheries in his Division ; to visit and report upon all stations within 
his Division at least once in each quarter, unless otherwise directed by 
the Commissioners ; to report himself at the office of the Commissioners 
whenever in Sydney on duty; to promote, by every means in his 
power, good feeling’and concert of action in his relations with all 
Inspectors, Assistant Inspectors, and other persons concerned with the 
the administration of the Act within his Division, and generally to 
devote his best energies to the administration of the Act and Regula- 
tions, and to the performance of all duties delegated to him by the 
Commissioners. _ 
6. The duties of the Assistant Inspector shall be the same (mutatis 
mutandis ) as those of an Inspector of a Division, except that his reports 
shall be in duplicate, one to be transmitted to the Inspector of the 
Division, the other to the Secretary of the Commissioners, and that he 
will not, unless required by the Commissioners, visit or inspect any 
fisheries except those included within his district, 
7. The duties of an Acting Assistant Inspector shall be to assist, the 
Inspectors so far as may be in his power ; to inform them of any breach 
of, or non-compliance with, the Fisheries Act or the Regulations, and, 
in the absence of an Inspector, to report any such breach or non- 
compliance to the Secretary, and receive the instructions of the Com- 
missioners thereupon ; to take all legal and other proceedings which he 
may be instructed to take; to protect the Revenue by all means in his 
power from being defrauded by non-payment of royalties or otherwise ; 
to report all cases of oysters being found in a vessel in unbranded bags 
or otherwise in contravention of the Act or Regulations; to inform 
Inspectors of all matters relating to the fisheries at or near his station 
which comes to his knowledge ; and to carry out all instructions received 
from the Commissioners to the best of his ability. 
