April 1, 1893] 
THE PISHING GAZETTE 
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partments is that devoted to Fly Tying. Only 
those who have been into a room where salmon 
flies are tied in large numbers can form any idea 
of the infinite knowledge and skill required to 
turn out a salmon fly properly tied; the work¬ 
man must not only be an artist in the strictest 
for the criticism passed upon flies is most severe. 
Messrs. Braddell have been fortunate enough 
to secure a celebrated [fly-dresser, and the flies 
turned out by him are perfect gems. This man 
is solely engaged upon the best salmon flies, and 
from January to December he never leaves his 
task. 
A complete stall is employed continually 
tying trout flies, and the number turned out 
annually is enormous. 
In the case of flies specially tied to pattern, it 
is a standing rule that some portion, at least, of 
the order, if not the whole, shall leave by return 
of post. This is as it should be, and will save 
the angler at a distance many an anxious hour. 
Those anglers who wish to see salmon flies 
perfectly dressed and tied, should give Messrs. 
Braddell and Son a trial order; they will not 
regret it. 
This house has long been celebrated for its Gut, 
and we were very much impressed with the 
immense s'oek at present held. We noticed 
upwards of thirty different qualities, from the 
very finest undrawn Refin.v, at Is. 3d. per 100, to 
the Hebr.y, or extra strong salmon, at 50s.; the 
extra quality Refixa, in Iflin.'aod 16in. lengths, 
at 4s. and Gs. 6J., being remarkably good value. 
Special attention is given to this department, 
and a list is issued periodically, containing full 
details of the market fluctuations. 
The specialities selected for notice in the fore¬ 
going article, have been no selected simply 
because they are such, and it must be understood 
that they represent but a small portion of the 
goods actually manufactured by this firm, to 
refer to them all would be impossible in an article 
of this description. Before leaving, our attention 
was particularly called to the new illustrated cata¬ 
logue now being published, and we very strongly 
recommend anglers to secure a copj'. It contains. 
Ventilated Metal Reel. 
in addition to a comprehensive list of tackle, 
&c., a salmon fishing calender, showing the close 
seasons for salmon and trout fixed by law and the 
orders of the Commissioners of Fisheries in the 
different districts. In connection with this, and 
which makes it very complete, is presented a map 
of Ireland, with the fisheries distinctly marked 
and numbered to correspond with the calendar. 
This is the best map published for anglers who 
intend visiting the country, and has been specially 
prepared by Mr. .J. Bartholomew, F.R.G.S., at 
very great expense. The rivers are traced in 
red, and the loughs are very clearly defined. 
Messrs. Braddell inform us they will be pleased 
to forward this catalogue upon application. 
MR. H. SETON-KARR’S PROPOSED 
BILL TO AMEND THE SALMON 
FISHERIES (IRELAND) ACTS. 
Mr. II. Seton-Karr, M.F., very kindly has 
just forwarded to me a copy of his Bill to Amend 
the Salmon Fisheries (Ireland) Acts. I notice 
that the Bill is backed by Mr. Tomlinson, M.F. 
(Conservative), Mr. Dane, MP. (Unionist), Mr. 
Pinkerton (Nationalist), and Colonel Nolan 
(Parnellite). This is the Bill against which such 
outbursts of wrath and storms of indignation 
have been poured by the turbine-using millers 
and manufacturers in Ireland, but notably in 
Ulster, the chief seat of these industries in 
Ireland. The following are the more important 
parts of the text of the Bill, exclusive of the 
preamble:— 
1. Thi.s Act may be cited fora’l purposes as the 
Salmon Fishery (Ireland) Act, 1893. 
2. This Act shall not apply to Eagland or 
Scotland. 
3. The thirtieth section of the Act, twenty-six 
and twenty-seven Victoria, chapter one hundred 
and fourteen, and the fourth section of the Act 
thirty-two Victoria, chapter nine, shall be and 
hereby are repealed. 
4 . In all watercourses or o'.her channels con¬ 
structed for the purpose of conveying water for 
any purpose from any river frequented by salmon 
to any mill or other premises, there shall be 
placed, fixed, maintained, and kept in thorough 
repair by the owner or occupier of such mill or 
other premises, at his own expense, at the points 
of divergence from and return to such river, 
gratings having iron bars placed vertically not 
more than 2 inches apart, so as to effectually 
prevent the passage of salmon into suco water¬ 
courses or other channels. 
And any such owner or occupier neglecting or 
omisting so to place, fix, maintain, and keep in 
thorough repair such gratings as aforesaid shall 
incur a penalty not exceeding £10 and not less 
than £5, and a further penalty not exceeding £5 
for each day during which such gratings shall 
not be so placed, fixed, maintained, and kept in 
thorough repair, commencing from the date of 
the first conviction. 
It shall be lawful for the inspectors of fisheries 
on the application of the owner or occupier of 
any mill or other premises, after public inquiry 
held by them, on being satisfied that such order 
! is necessary for the effective working of the 
j machinery of such mill or other premises from 
j the necessiiy of complying with the provisions 
i of section four of this act for such period or 
periods of the year, and on such terms and 
conditions as the said inspectors may in and by 
such order determine. 
A copy of any order purporting to be signed 
by such inspectors shall be received in evidence 
ill all courts. 
In all the watercourses or other channels 
constructed for the purpose of conveying water 
for any purpose from any river frequented by 
salmon to any mill or other premises the 
machinery of which is worked by means of a 
turbine or similar hydraulic machine, there shall 
be placed, fixed, maintained, and kept in thorough 
repair by the owner or occupier of such mill or 
other premises, at his own expense, during the 
descent of salmon, and of the young of salmon, to 
the sea, gratings or other devices or construc¬ 
tions of a form and dimensions to be approved 
of by the inspectors of fisiieries, so as to effec¬ 
tually prevent the passage of salmon, and of the 
young of salmon into the machinery of such mill 
or other premises. 
And any such owner or occupier neglecting or 
omitting so to place, fix, maintain, and keep in 
thorough repair such gratings or other devices or 
constructions as aforesaid, shall incur a penalty 
not exceeding £10 and not less than ,£5, 
and also a further penalty not exceeding 
£h for each day during which such grating.s 
or other devices or constructions as aforesa’d 
shall not be so placed, fixed, maintained, and 
kept in thorough repair, commencing from the 
date of the first conviction. 
Section 7 deals with the power of inspec¬ 
tors granting exemptions to the foregoing, if it bo 
conclusively proved that no injury shall occur to 
the smolts by going through the turbines ; section 
8 provides for appeals from decisions based 
on the new Act; section 9 enacts provisions for 
the protection of water rights, &c., and section 
10 , the final one, provides for the incorporation 
of the Act with the existing statutes, eleven in 
number, ranging from 5 & G Viet., Cap. 106, to 54 
& 55 A^ict., Cap. 20. J- H- 
SEA FISHERIES REGULATION ACT, 
1888. 
(51 & 52 VicT. c. 5 k), 
Order for the Cre.4.tiox of the Sussex Sea 
Fisheries District. 
(We have received this notice from the Fisheries 
Department of the Board of Trade.) 
Whereas application has been made to the Board 
of Trade by the council of the county borough 
of Brighton to create a sea fisheries district in 
accordance with the above Act (hereinafter 
referred to as “ the Act ”), and to exercise certain 
other powers conferred upon them tuereby : 
And whereas the county councils of Kent, the 
eastern divGion of Sussex, and the western divi¬ 
sion of Sussex, and the councils of the county 
boroughs of Hastings and Brighton, and of tho 
borough of Eastbourne, ap oar to be interested 
in the proposed dUtricj, and such district will overlai) 
tho districts of tho boards of conservators of the Bother 
and Ouse fishery districts, being board.! of salmon con¬ 
servators within tho meaning of the Act, and the said 
boards have jnrisdiction there ni: 
And whereas the Board of Trade have caused the draft 
of their proposed order to be looally published, and 
a local inquiry to be held into tho objections made 
thereto; , . . t x. 
Now, therefore, the Board of Trade, by virtue of the 
powers conferred upon them by the Act, and otherwise, 
do hereby make the following order : — 
1. Creation of Distrid. 
A sea fisheries district is hereby created, comprisingso 
much of the sea within which Her Majesty’s subjects 
have by international law the exclusive right of fishing, 
with the adjoining coast, as lies within the following 
limits, namely ; on the east, a line drawn true south-east 
from the lighthouse at Dungeness, in the county of Kent, 
being the southern boundary of the Kent and Essex Sea 
Fisheries District; and, on the west, a line drawn along 
the western side of the road-bridge leading from Lang¬ 
ston to Hay ling Island, in the county of Southampton, 
and continued from the southern extremity of the said 
bridge straight to the llagstaff of the Tliyling Island 
Coastguard Station, and thence seawards m a truo 
southerly direction, such lines being shown in a map 
marked S. 189.1893, and deposited at the Board ot 
Provided that a straight line shall he drawn at or near 
the mouth of every river or stream flowing into the sea 
or into any estuary within such limits, across every such 
river or stream rtspectively, at the limit of ordinary high 
water ; and such lines shall be the linos above whu h the 
sea fisheries district shall not extend into any snob river 
or stream. , , i, , i j 
The sea fisheries district hereby ere Jed shall be ci'lea 
the Sussex Sea Fisheries Dlstiict. 
2. Constitution of Committee. 
A local fisheries committee shall be constituted for the 
regulation of the sea fisheries carried on within the said 
district. , 
Such committee shall be a joint oommittee ot the 
county councils of Kent, the eastern division of Sussex, 
and the western division of Sussex, and of the councils 
of the county boroughs of Hastings and Brighton, and of 
Fie.L 
Pio. 1.—Braddell Flexible Grip. 
Fio. 2.—Ordinary Wood on Cork Grip. 
sense, bat to be successfnl be must be an angler, 
