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Ch. 2: Gems in Ceylon

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CEYLON PEARL FISHERIES.
Annexure No. 4. NOTICE FOR THE GENERAL INFORMATION OF PERSONS ATTENDING THE FISHERY.
I.—Application for ground for dwelling houses, boutiques, and Kootto, to be made to the Assistant Agent of Manaar, who will grant a permit for the ground allotted : and any house or Kootto erected contrary to orders, or without permit, will be removed.
2.—The arrangements of Police, will be made by the Assistant Agent; and it is hereby notified for general information, that the Police Establishment is intended exclusively for the protection of all persons attending the Ffshery, the maintenance of good order, and the preservation of the Public Peace, that they have no concern in the management of the Fishery, or in the collection of any dues, either for Government, for Temples, or any other account; and that such employment on their part is positively prohibited.
3.—The Police, and all Peons, will at all times wear their Belts and Badges. They are particularly required to be civil and gentle to all persons, and care­fully to abstain from interfering with any person, except where it is necessary for the preservation of good order.
4.—No persons connected with the Establishment will be permitted to receive any present or perquisite whatever, or to engage in any manner in the speculations of the Fishery, on pain of immediate dismissal.
5.—1 ne Boatmen, and divers and all persons in general, are to take notice that no one is authorized to make any deduction from their shares, on account of privilege "or charity oysters. All contributions they choose to make for charitable: purposes will therefore be perfectly voluntary; and in the case of divers delivering oysters into the Government Koottos, it will not be per­mitted, even with the consent of the divers, that such contributions should be received by any one inside the Koottos. The Shark Charmer* is remunerated by Government, and is jiot_allowed, under any pretence whatever, to receive,
* The shark charmer baa since been done away wifciu "
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