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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[Feb. 1, 1904. 
CEYLON FISHING CLUB. 
THE EEVISED RULES. 
The following is the Draft of the Revised rules 
passed at the meeting and to be confirmed oa the 
13th February, 1904 :— 
Pream6?e.— The Ceylon Fishing Club is formed for 
the purpose of stocking the Hill Streams and Lakes 
of Ceylon with Trout and other suitable fish that 
afford good sport, a,nd of regulating the fishing of 
such streams 8-nd lakes as may be so stocked, 
Bule 1.— Any resident in the Island, after being 
duly proposed and seconded for election as a member 
of this Club, shall be balloted for by the Committee, 
one blackball in five to exclude. ^ 
E.ale2.— The annual subscription shall bo KlU, ana 
shall be payable before the commencement of the 
fishing season. Any noembcr faiUiig to pay h'^ 
subscription before the commencement of the tisliicg 
season is liable at the discussion of the committee to 
have his name deleted from the list of members. 
Bule 3.— Licenses to fish for trout in waters leased 
to the Club shall be issued at the following rates :— 
Members Non-members. 
Iday(o) 500 .. 12 50 
1 week (a) 15>00 .. 25-CO 
1 month 3000 .. 75 00 
The season 50-00 . . 120 00 
These rates include the Government stamp duty 
and authorise fishing within the Central Province and 
on the Horton Plains. 
N B —Lady relatives can fish, on full members 
licenses on taking out the usual Government license 
per head. Fish so taken shall be reckoned against the 
member's license. . t ^ 
N. B. B.— A license authorises the use of one rod 
°°NoTE.— It is recommended that all members when 
fishing shall carry a disgorger. , , , , , 
Bule 4.— AH waters above 4,000 feet have been leased 
bv the Club and subjest to note a. Club licenses 
should be held by all persons fishing therein. 
Note 1 —Persons holding bcenses from the Board of 
Tmm-ove'ment, NuwaraEliya, to 6sh for carp in Lake 
OrPP'orv may do so only during the open season for 
t^nnt viz from 1st Ma,rch to 30th September. Such 
liVensees may fish in the Barrack Plain lake all the 
vfiar round, but the following regulation must be 
complied with. (These waters having been leased by 
^^fcifl^^ They \hall not fish within 20 yards of 
Barrack Plains bund. , c ,u 
(a) 2. Above the notice board to the east oi the 
Barrack Plain bridge. 
(a) 3 Between the bridge on Badulla Eoad and 
bund of Lake Gregory. . . .v, u ^ u 
(a1 4 Above the notice board cast to the boat-house 
/5\— Above or west of the notice-board below 
Oakley Cottage or above a straight line drawn between 
this board and the one mentioned in clause (4). 
Note B.— They shall at once return to the water 
nil trout' accidentally caught in the area set apart 
from time to time by the Ceylon Fishing Club for 
*'^^*ie^5^^Fishing in all Club waters shall be with a 
flv Fishing with artificial spring bait is allowed in 
the lake within the limits demarcated within the notice 
hoards Fishing with live or dead bait (including 
worms) or with hooks larger than No. S of the redditch 
scale is prohibited in Club rivers, streams or lake. No 
restrictions are placed upon the bait to be used in 
the lakes outside the trout fishing limits. 
6. The close season sharll be fixed annually at 
a duly convened general meeting and tbe Government 
Agents of the Provinces shall be asked to proclaim 
the same. , „ , ^ ^ ■ 
Bule 7.-N0 trout-fishing shall be allowed during 
the close season except by special permission of 
the Manafiing Committee for stoeking or breeding 
parposes. 
Enle 8. — No member or licsnses shall fish in Club 
waters before 6 a.m. or after 7 p.m. 
Bule 9. — All trout under 11 inches iu length shall 
at once be returned to the water. 
Rule 10. Two general meetings shall be sammoned 
by advertisement in the local papers every year. One 
within 30 days of the close of the fishing season, and 
the 2nd during the Nuwara Eliva Gymkhana meeting. 
9 to form a quorum at the first named meeting. A 
Committee and a Managing Committee for the ensuing 
year shiill be elected and the accounts of the year shall 
be submitted. A special general meeting may be 
summoned on the requisition of 5 members. 
Rule 11. — No rule shall be altered or amended except 
at a General Meeting of the Club. Sufficient notice of 
such proposed alteration or amendment shall be given 
to the Hon. Secretary to allow them to give each 
member of the Ceylon Fishing Club 10 days' notice 
of such alteration or a amendment. 
[Mr, John 'Frasek— drew the attention of the 
Chaiimau to the fact that the present meeting bad 
not been so-called ] 
Eu!e 12. — The General Committee shall consist of 
20 members with power to add to their number. A 
meeting of the Committee shall be held once annually 
or of tener as occasion may require. 
Note. — The Managing Committee are entrusted 
with the management of all the streams in charge of 
the Club and shall notify from time to time what 
stream or part of streams they purpose to fence 
and for what periods. The Committee are 
authorised to declare any waters fenced for any 
one season. Notice boards should always be_ 
placed on the streams or tributaries, showing this' 
Rule 13. — The general management of the Club shall 
be carried on by a Managing Committee of 10 mem- 
bers (exclusive of the Secretary or the Joint Secre- 
taries) three to form a quorum, who shall be elected 
at the General Meeting at the close of the season. 
In the case of vacancies on the Managing Committee 
the remaining members shall have power to fill up 
such vacancies for the current year. 
Rule 14. — An Honorary Secretary (Or JointHonorary 
Secretaries) shall be appointed to carry on the 
business of the Club subject to the approval of the 
Managing Committee. 
Bule 15. — An infringement of the rules of the Club 
shall subject the offending member to a fine or 
expulsion from the Club at the discussion of the 
General Committee, In a case of expulsion at least 
nine members shall vote and shall carry by a majority 
of two-thirds. 
Rule 16. — A return of all fish killed shall be rendered 
on the back of the license which shall be returned to 
the Honorary Secretary on the expiration of the 
license. All fish killed in the Horton Plains shall be 
in addition entered in a book kept for the purpose at 
the Horton Plains resthouse. 
FISH BEEEDING IN CEYLON. 
INTERESTING CHAT WITH MR. HORNELL. 
In connection with the discussion which took 
place at the General Meeting of the Fishing Club, 
the views of an expert will doubtless be of 
interest. Our representative approached Mr Jas. 
Hornell, who is back from the Pearl Banks, with 
this object. 
Asked what he thought of the idea of extending 
trout-breeding and stoeking operations, Mr 
Hornell said :— " It i.s a project I have had 
in my mind for a long time past, I be- 
lieve ninch could be done by stocking 
tlie streams in the Island and the Irrigation 
Tanks in the North with good fish. 
"Do you intend to give the matter your atten- 
tion"?— "It is a question I intended to go into 
