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It is believed that the principal regulations referred to above are the following, 

 from the Revised Statutes of New Brunswick, vol. i, title 22, chapter loi: 



"7. The wardens of any county shall, when necessary, mark out and designate, 

 in proper positions, 'gurry grounds,' putting up notices thereof, describing their limits 

 and position, in the several school houses, and other most public places in the parish 

 where the said gurry grounds are marked out, publishing the like notice in the Royal 

 Gazette; and no person, after such posting and publication, shall cast overboard 

 from any boat or vessel the offal of fish into the water at or near the said parish at 

 any place except the said gurry grounds." 



"12. Within the parishes of Grand Manan, West Isles, Campo Bello, Pennfield, 

 and Saint George, in the county of Charlotte, no seine or net shall be set across the 

 mouth of any haven, river, creek, or harbour, nor in such place extending more than 

 one-third the distance across the same, or be within forty fathoms of each other, nor 

 shall they be set within twenty fathoms of the shore at low-water mark." 



"15. No herrings shall be taken between the isth day of July and the isth of 

 October in any year, on the spawning ground at the head of Grand Manan, to com- 

 mence at the eastern part of Seal Cove, at a place known as Red Point, thence ex- 

 tending westerly along the coast and around the southern head of Bradford's Cove, 

 about five miles, and extending one mile from the shore; all nets or engines used for 

 catching herring on the said ground within that period shall be seized and forfeited, 

 a ad every person engaged in using the same shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 pimished accordingly." 



SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY BOUTWELL'S FINAL CIRCULAR 

 OF MARCH 6, 1872' 



[no. 16] NAVIGATION DIVISION, CIRCtlLAE NO. 5 



Relative to the Fisheries on the Coasts of the British North 

 American Colonies 



Treasury Department, Washington, D. C, March 6, 1872 

 To Collectors of Customs: 



As the season for fishing on the coast of the British Possessions in our vicinity is 

 approaching, it is considered important that fishermen of the United States intending 

 to pursue their business in the locality mentioned should be thoroughly acquainted 

 with the laws and regulations governing the matter, in order to avoid incurring the 

 penalties for violations thereof. To that end the following Circular, issued by this 

 Department June g, 1870, is republished, as containing information still applicable. 



You will please endeavour to bring the contents of the Circular to the attention of 

 all parties concerned, at the same time notifying them that the provisions of the 

 Treaty between the United States and Great Britain, proclaimed July 4, 1871, relating 

 to the fisheries, will not go into effect until the laws required to carry them into opera- 

 tion shall have been passed by the various Governments mentioned in Article XXXIII, 

 and warning them that their business must yet be carried on subject to the restrictions 

 existing at the time of the ratification of the Treaty: 



Circular 



"In compliance with the request of the Secretary of State, you are hereby author- 

 ized and directed to inform all masters of fishing vessels, at the time of clearance from 

 'Appendix, British Case, p. 249- 



