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shall be used within the course of any river or stream frequented 

 chiefly by salmon and sea-trout, at a greater distance from the mouth 

 thereof than the usual mark of tidal floods, or inside of such other 

 actual limit as may be assigned in the field to each estuary holding 

 by the Superintendent of Fisheries for Lower Canada, or by the sti- 

 pendiary magistrate in charge of the government vessel for the 

 protection of fisheries. 



0. — All nets, or other lawful appliances for the capture of salmon 

 and sea-trout, shall be placed within the estuary fishings at distances 

 of not less than-200 yards apart, the interval so designated to mean 

 along either side of the stream, and such measurement to leave the 

 space clear from any net on one side to another net upon the oppo- 

 site shore, without separate intermediate nets, or other device, being 

 set anywhere therein. 



D. — The Superintendent of Fisheries for Lower Canada, or the 

 stipendiary magistrate in command of the government vessel for the 

 protection of fisheries,- may prescribe, either by written or published 

 instruction, or on sight, the open -space between nets to be set in 

 bays, and elsewhere along the coast. 



E. — At the outside of the chamber and in the pound of every set 

 or stake-net for the capture of salmon and sea-trout, there shall be 

 maintained a flap or " door " at least ten inches square, which must 

 be left open, affording free egress and passage to salmon and trout, 

 from sundown on Saturdays until sunrise on Mondays. 



F. — All other persons are forbidden to take fish of any kind, and 

 in any manner, within limits covered by leases or licenses from the 

 Crown, except by special permission of the lessees or licentiates. 



G. — The fishing for, taking, and killing of any salmon or sea-trout 

 by aid of torch-light or other artificial light, and by means of spears, 

 harpoon (negog), jigger-hooks, or grapnel, is hereby absolutely 

 forbidden. 



H. — Indians may, for their own bona fide use and consumption, 

 fish for, catch or kill salmon and trout by such means as are next 

 above prohibited during the months of May, June and July, but only 

 upon waters not then leased, licensed or reserved by- the Crown ; 

 provided always that each and every Indian thus exempted shall- be 

 at all times forbidden to sell, barter or give away any salmon and 

 trout so captured or killed in the manner hereinbefore described. 



L — The receipt, gift, purchase, sale and possession by any person 

 or persons other than Indians of any salmon or trout which may 

 have been speared or taken as aforesaid, shall be punishable accord- 

 ing to law ; and every fish so found or had in violation of this rule, 

 shah become forfeited and disposable as the law directs. 



/. — No fishing shall be allowed in any water set apart by the 

 Crown for purposes of natural or artificial breeding of salmon and 

 trout, except under express sanction from the Superintendent of 

 Fisheries for Lower Canada. 



