THE SEA-GULL PRESERVATION ACT, 1867.* 
ISLE OF MAN, TO WIT. 
An Act to Prevent the Destruction of Sea-Gulls. 
Preamble. Whereas during several years past the birds commonly desig- 
nated gulls or sea-gulls, which formerly abounded on the coasts of 
this Island, have become very scarce by reason of the extensive 
destruction of them by persons seeking their plumage : And 
whereas it appears, by evidence taken before a Committee of the 
Tynwald Court, that the said birds are considered of great impor- 
tance to persons engaged in the herring fishing, inasmuch as they 
indicate the localities where bodies of fish may be : And also that 
they are of much use for sanitary purposes, by reason that they 
remove the offal of fish from the harbours and shores : And it is 
deemed advisable to prevent the destruction of the said birds. 
We, therefore, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the 
Lieutenant-Governor, Council, Deemsters, and Keys of the said 
Isle, do humbly beseech your Majesty that it may be enacted, and 
be it enacted, by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Lieut. -Governor, Council, Deemsters, 
and Keys, in Tynwald assembled, and by the authority of the 
same, as follows (that is to say) : — 
Short title. 1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as 'The Sea-Gull 
Preservation Act, 1867.' 
Construction 2. In the construction of this Act the word 1 Gull ' shall include 
the black-headed gull, the common gull or seamew, the herring 
gull, the kittiwake, skua gull, and every other species of gull or 
sea-gull, by whatever name it may be distinguished ; and shall also 
include the gannet or solan goose, the shag 1 and the guilimot,f 
* [The numbered notes to these Acts are those of the editor of the official volumes 
of the Manx Statutes.] 
1 Repealed as to the ' shag or cormorant ' by the Salmon and Fresh Water 
Fishery Act, 1882, sec. 48. 
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