The
Adappanaar will proceed ahead with a light, and all the boats are to
follow him ; and on no account to take any other course, but keep as
close as possible to the headmen's boats. This is not done now, as the
guard vessel on the bank shews a light which can be seen 6 miles off. b
3—The
signal to commence diving will be as usual, ensign hoisted to the
mast-head of the Government guard vessel. This signal will be made at
half-past six in the morning, and no diving is to take place until it
is made. The tindals are to keep their boats within the boundary of the
buoys, and the place pointed out by the Inspector as the fishing ground
for the day. Iloats fishing beyond these limits will be discontinued
from employ.
4-—The
signal to cease diving, will be a gun fired from the same vessel or the
hauling down of the ensign, when all diving is immediately to cease and
the boats to return to shore.
'
Difficulty
having been heretofore experienced in enforcing proper attention to
this signal, the boatmen are warned, that notice will be taken of the
numbers of the boats in which diving is continued after the signal is
made a report of which will be made to the Superintendent, who will
impose a fine on the boatmen for such disobedience, or if the offence
be reported, discontinue the boat from employ.
.
5.—The boatmen are to pay strict attention to the orders of the
Superintendent of the Koottos, and of the peons, and other officers,
"acting under him, in respect to the business of landing and counting
the oysters.
6.—Upon
proof of oysters having been opened in any boat, such boat will be
immediately discontinued from employ, and none of the boatmen, or
divers, that may have been in it, will be allowed to enter into any
other boats.
The
finding of knives, sticks, or other implements, for the opening of
oysters, will subject the party on whom found, and the boat to which he
belongs, to discontinuance from employ; and all knives or other
implements whereby oysters may be opened, and three-fourths of all
pearls found concealed on the persons of the boatmen, or in the boats,
will be given to the finder or informer.
7.—The
crew of each boat to consist of 1 Tindal, 1 Samman Oattee, 1 Thody, 10
Divers, and 10 Munducks; the division of the boat's J share of the
oysters fished daily, will be according to established customs.
Samman Oattee—the oysters brought up in two divings for each stone, i.e. one diving for each diver.
Tindal do. do.
Thody " do. do.
2 Divers, of each stone 2/3 2 Mundocks, do 1/3
Thodyvalle
or boat-owner, the whole of the boat's share of oysters once in six
days' fishing, but the share may be taken any day after, but not prior to the 3rd day's fishing,
that may be agreed upon. Arrangements with divers to pay them by wages
instead of allowing them their share of oysters, according to
established custom, are expressly forbidden.
8.—Divers
deserting from the boats in which they are engaged before the fishery
is over,—tindals, and Samman Oattees extorting from the divers more
than the share they are entitled to will be subject to punishment.
9.—The
boats are not to leave without the permission of the Superintendent,
and they are to give notice of their wish to do so to the Beach Master.
GOLD IN CEYLON.
(From the Ceylon Observer, June 10, 1881.)
We have received by the English mail the following Report from Mr J
Macdonald Cameron on the specimens of Ceylon quartz submitted to him by us
during his recent visit to Colombo. The finest sample of quartz we think, comes
