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Appendices to Sixteenth Annual BepoH 



" * construction and use of cruives, do hereby make the following general 

 " * regulations with respect to the construction and use of cruives : — 



" * I. The upper surface of the sill of each cruive shall not be higher 

 " * than 12 inches above the natural bed of the river where the cruive 

 " * is placed, and in the event of the sill being placed any higher than 

 " * the natural bed of the river, there must be a paved floor or apron to 

 " ' it down stream at least as wide as the cruive, having its lower end 

 " ' not higher than the natural level of the river, and having a slope 

 " ' not steeper than 1 in 6, and otherwise the cruives shall be so con- 

 " * structed as to afibrd a ready and easy passage for the fish during the 

 " ' annual and weekly close times. 



* II. No cruive shall be less at any part of it than 4 feet broad in 

 " * the clear; provided that where an upright post is used to support 

 " * the cruive, thereby dividing the width into two parts, the aggregate 

 ' ' width exclusive of such post shall not be less than 4 feet. 



" ' III. The hecks or rails and inscales shall be capable of being 

 " ' removed from the cruive, and shall be removed during the annual 

 " ' close time. During the weekly close time the hecks or rails shall 

 " ' be removed, and the inscales shall either be removed or kept open for 

 " * the space of 4 feet. 



" * I Y. The bars of the upper hecks or rails shall be placed perpendicularly 

 *' ' not less than 3 inches apart, and they shall not be more than 2 inches 



' thick, and not more than 4 inches broad in the up and down way of 

 " ' the stream, and they shall have their edges rounded off, so that only 

 " ' 1| inches in breadth of the Tvhole thickness of 2 inches shall remain 

 " * in the side of the hecks or rails in the up and down way of the 

 " ' stream. 



a i Y. The bars of the inscales shall not be of larger dimensions than 

 " ' those of the hecks or rails, and they shall not be less than 2 inches 

 " * apart. 



" ' VI. Each side or half of the inscales shall not be less than 3 feet 

 " ' long for a cruive, 4 feet wide in the clear, and shall be longer in the 

 '•*same proportion to any additional width of cruive. They shall be 



* constructed so that the up-stream ends cannot and shall not at any 



* time approach nearer to each other than 5 inches. 



*' ' YIl. No net or other contrivance whatever shall be placed or 

 ' used on or at any cruive, or structure connected with a cruive, for 

 the purpose of catching fish, or for preventing their entry into or 

 " * passing through the same ; nor shall any device be employed to scare, 

 " ' deter, or obstruct fish from entering into or passing through any 

 " ' such cruive. But notwithstanding anything herein contained, it 

 " ' shall be lawful to place a canvas cloth or a wooden blind or blinds 

 " * over the heck or hecks of a cruive whilst the fish are being taken out 

 " ' of it, provided such cloth blind or blinds be not applied longer than 

 " ' fifteen minutes at a time, or oftener than six times in the course of 

 " ' twenty-four hours, and that when there are more cruives than one at 

 " 'the same dam, only one cruive shall be covered by the cloth or blinds 

 " ' at the same time. 



