60 
to such general rate; and, in Scotland, to the inspector of the poor 
of the parish in which the offence shall have been committed, to 
be by such inspector paid over to the use of the funds for the relief 
of the poor in such parish; and, if recovered in Ireland, such 
penalty shall be applied according to the provisions of the Fines 
Act (Ireland), 1851, or any Act amending the same. 
6. All offences mentioned in this Act, which shall be committed 
within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty, shall be deemed to be 
offences of the same nature and liable to the same punishments as 
if they had been committed upon any land in the United Kingdom, 
and may be dealt with, inquired of, tried, and determined in any 
county or place in the United Kingdom in which the offender 
shall be apprehended or be in custody, in the same manner in all 
respects as if they had been actually committed in that county or 
place; and in any information or conviction for any such offence 
the offence may be averred to have been committed “on the high 
seas”; and in Scotland any offence committed against this Act on 
the sea coast, or at sea beyond the ordinary jurisdiction of any 
sheriff or justice of the peace, shall be held to have been committed 
in any county abutting on such sea coast, or adjoining such sea, and 
may be tried and punished accordingly. 
7. Where any offence under this Act is committed in or upon 
any waters forming the boundary between any two counties, 
districts of quarter sessions or petty sessions, such offence may be 
prosecuted before any justice or justices of the peace or sheriff in 
either of such counties or districts. 
8. The operation of this Act shall not extend to the island of 
Saint Kilda. 
9. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by an Order of Council, 
where, on account of the necessities of the inhabitants of the more 
remote parts of the sea coasts of the United Kingdom, it shall 
appear desirable, from time to time to exempt any part or parts 
thereof from the operation of this Act; and every such Order shall 
assign the limits of such part or parts aforesaid within which such 
exemption shall have effect. 
Two years ago a similar law, transgressors of which are visited 
by a penalty of £5, was passed by the Manx House of Keys for 
the protection chiefly of sea gulls, on the plea that these birds were 
