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The Collector of the Nilgiris shall however have authority at his discretion 
to reduce the payment for each license to Rs. 5 in the case of non-commissioned 
officers and soldiers of His Majesty’s forces on proof to his satisfaction that the 
application for the license is for bona-fide sporting purposes. 
6. The seasons during which licenses shall permit hunting or shoot¬ 
ing of game in the reserved or rented forests or other areas specified in 
Rule 4 comprised within those limits shall be duly notified from time to 
time, by the Collector of the Nilgiris, and shall be clearly endorsed on the 
licenses. 
7. The Collector may from time to time by notification in the District 
Gazette, declare all or any rivers, streams or lakes closed against fishing during 
any year or part of a year within any part of the aforesaid scheduled area and 
may similarly declare the whole or any part of any reserved or rented forest, 
fuel or fodder reserve, grazing-ground or area under special fire-protection 
within such scheduled area, closed against shooting or hunting for the whole or 
any part of any year. He may also prohibit within the same areas and for like 
periods the pursuit, killing or capture of any particular species of game 
and fish. 
8. The poisoning of water, the dynamiting of fish, the setting of cruives 
or fixed engines for the capture or destruction of fish, the damming and baling 
