﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  , 
  181 
  

  

  year, 
  as 
  established 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  to-wit, 
  beginning 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  

   of 
  October. 
  

  

  10. 
  Rentals 
  are 
  due 
  and 
  payable 
  in 
  advance, 
  except 
  as 
  provided 
  in 
  

   Rule 
  8, 
  and 
  if 
  not 
  paid 
  within 
  thirty 
  days 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  due, 
  

   interest 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  six 
  per 
  cent 
  per 
  annum, 
  to 
  be 
  calculated 
  from 
  

   the 
  time 
  such 
  rent 
  became 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  payment 
  of 
  same, 
  shall 
  

   be 
  added. 
  

  

  n. 
  Holders 
  of 
  shellfish 
  grants 
  or 
  leases 
  shall 
  not 
  assign 
  any 
  such 
  

   grants 
  or 
  leases 
  while 
  indebted 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Marine 
  Fisheries 
  for 
  

   rentals 
  or 
  otherwise. 
  

  

  12. 
  If 
  there 
  should 
  arise 
  a 
  question 
  of 
  there 
  being 
  a 
  natural 
  

   growth 
  of 
  oysters 
  upon 
  the 
  land 
  included 
  in 
  any 
  application, 
  the 
  

   sale 
  of 
  the 
  lease 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  settlement 
  of 
  such 
  

   question, 
  and 
  in 
  case 
  it 
  is 
  determined 
  that 
  the 
  land 
  contains 
  a 
  bed 
  

   of 
  oysters 
  of 
  natural 
  growth, 
  the 
  deposit 
  shall 
  be 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  

   party 
  in 
  interest, 
  and 
  the 
  application 
  be 
  discontinued. 
  

  

  13. 
  Applications 
  for 
  lands 
  in 
  Long 
  Island 
  Sound 
  must 
  be 
  adapted 
  

   to 
  the 
  basic 
  survey, 
  as 
  shown 
  upon 
  maps 
  filed 
  in 
  this 
  office. 
  Under 
  

   this 
  survey 
  the 
  lands 
  are 
  laid 
  out 
  in 
  townships 
  and 
  lots, 
  the 
  lots 
  

   containing 
  ten 
  acres 
  and 
  the 
  townships 
  1,000 
  acres. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  fifty-three 
  (53) 
  new 
  or 
  original 
  applications 
  for 
  

   leases 
  of 
  grounds 
  for 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  shellfish 
  were 
  received, 
  

   covering 
  one 
  thousand 
  one 
  hundred 
  eighty-four 
  and 
  eight-tenths 
  

   ( 
  1 
  184.8) 
  acres. 
  Seven 
  (7) 
  of 
  these 
  applications, 
  covering 
  sixty- 
  

   four 
  (64) 
  acres, 
  were 
  withdrawn, 
  and 
  three 
  (3), 
  covering 
  twenty- 
  

   three 
  (23) 
  acres, 
  were 
  dismissed. 
  

  

  License 
  Fees. 
  — 
  Under 
  "Classification 
  of 
  revenues'' 
  (c) 
  the 
  item 
  

   of 
  license 
  fees 
  covers 
  licenses 
  issued 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  68 
  Lobster 
  $1,270 
  00 
  

  

  31 
  Food 
  Fish 
  155 
  00 
  

  

  17 
  Menhaden 
  425 
  00 
  

  

  $1,850 
  00 
  

  

  