176 NEW SOUTH WALES 
Scale of Royalties on Oysters Dredged from Natural Oyster-beds, 
24, The sums payable by way of royalty on oysters dredged from 
natural oyster-beds shall for every bag containing or reputed to contain 
three bushels be payable according to the following scale :— 
River, bay, inlet, or other locality where or near to which the natural Amount of royalty 
beds are situated. per bag. 
a. d. 
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The Richmond.... ie 3 0 
The Bellinger .... 3.0 
The Nambuccra .... 2 0 
The Brunswick . 2 0 
Port Macquarie .. 2 6 
The Manning...... 2. 6 
The Hunter .... 40 
Port Hacking... 3 0 
Jervis Bay....... 26 
3.0 
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The above scale of royalties shall be in force until the Commissioners 
otherwise appoint, but shall not apply to any rivers or other oyster- 
bearing waters mentioned in the Third Schedule to the Act until the 
proclamation closing the same shall be rescinded by a proclamation pub- 
lished in the Gazette, or the term of closure limited by such Proclamation 
shall have expired. 
Royalty, how payable. 
25, Royalties according to the prescribed scale for the time being shall 
be paid to the Inspector, or in his absence, to the Assistant Inspector, 
on the dredging or taking of oysters from the bed, and before the same 
are removed or shipped on board any vessel ; but in all cases where such 
oysters are consigned to dealers or persons resident at any port or place 
within the Colony, such Inspector may give the consignor a shipping 
permit in the prescribed form, and issue a duplicate thereof for the master 
of the vessel in which the oysters are intended to be shipped. Such 
permit shall state the number of bags shipped, the royalty payable 
thereon, the brands and marks of the bags containing the oysters shipped, 
and the names of the consignor and consignee. On the vessel's arrival 
at the port of destination, the master shall deliver the said permit to 
the proper officer of Customs, and the consignee shall on payment to 
such officer at the Custom-house, or to the proper officer of Customs, of 
the amount stated in the permit to be due as royalty on such oysters, be 
entitled to take delivery thereof. If the royalty be not paid within 
twenty-four hours after the vessel is reported to the Customs, the proper 
officer of Custom shall take possession of the oysters, and either ware- 
house the same or cause them to be sold as the Commissioners shall 
direct. In case of sale the whole proceeds of sale shall be paid into the 
Treasury, and after the amount due as royalty shall have been deducted 
therefrom, the balance shall be paid to the consignee or his authorized 
agent, 
