FISH AND FISHERIES. 179 
As to Public Oyster Reserves. 
35. Portions of Crown Lands declared exempt from lease under the 
33rd section, and notified in the Gazette as Public Oyster Reserves, shall 
be divided into two classes :—(1.) Public Oyster Reserves for recreation, 
(2.) Public Oyster Reserves for oyster breeding purposes. 
Reserves to be under Control of Inspectors. 
36. All public oyster reserves shall, subject to the directions of the 
Commissioners, be under the control and supervision of the Inspector of 
the tidal waters wherein such reserves are situated. And such Inspector, 
or any officer of police, or Constable, may apprehend and lodge in custody 
any person found: removing oysters from any Recreation Reserve in a 
bag or other vessel or receptacle other than a bottle, and for his own 
consumption, or found wantonly destroying any oysters on such reserve, 
or conducting himself thereon in a disorderly manner, using profane, 
obscene, or disgusting language, drowning or destroying dogs, goats, 
cats, or any animal whatsoever, or depositing any dead carcase on, or 
within one hundred yards of, such reserve; or exposing his person, or 
annoying the residents or passers by. And any person charged with 
the commission of any such act as aforesaid shall, on conviction thereof, 
forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding £10. 
Licenses to gather Oysters and Spat for sale or culture from Breeding 
Reserves. 
37. Annual licenses may be granted on application to the Com- 
missioners or to the Police Magistrate or Clerk of Petty Sessions of the 
Bench nearest to a public oyster reserve for oyster-breeding purposes, to 
any persons to gather oysters and spat therefrom for the sale or culture, 
whether for laying down on the layings of the applicants or on those of 
other persons. The fee for every such license shall be five shillings ; but 
each license shall authorize only the person named therein to gatser such 
oyster or spat. If no particular portion of the reserve is specified in the 
license, the licensee can gather throughout the entire reserve ; but if a 
particular portion be specified, the licensee will be restricted to that 
portion. Notwithstanding the grant of licenses, a public oyster reserve 
for breeding purposes, or any portion thereof, may, if the Commissioners 
think fit, be withdrawn from use as a gathering ground for such time as 
they may appoint. And all licenses shall be deemed to be granted sub- 
ject to the conditions af such withdrawal. 
oy Marking of Public Oyster Reserves. 
38, All public oyster reserves, and all portions of Crown Lands 
exempted from lease under section,33 of the Act, will be marked or 
defined by stakes, buoys, or such other mode as the Commissioners shall 
direct ; but such marking or definition shall not be deemed to be manda- 
tory in any case where the boundaries of any such reserve have been 
defined in the Gazette notifying such reserve. 
As to Recognizances under Section 62. 
39. The gaoler or person in charge of any gaol, lock-up, or police 
station, may liberate any person lodged in his custody under the 62nd 
section of the Act, on such person entering into recognizance, with or 
