Game Preservation.

Chap. 45.—Close time for Moose, Caribou or Deer from 1st January to 1st August. Penalty for killing in that time $10 to $60. Chasing any of them with dogs is forbidden at any time under a penalty of $20—Dogs who chase and wound or kill them may be destroyed by any one. No person or hunting party may kill more than 3 Moose or 5 Caribou or Deer in a season. The flesh must be taken out of the woods in 10 days after killing, except in the latter part of December, when delay is given to the 5th January. To be found with a carcase or part of one in the close season is primâ facie proof of illegal killing; but the accused may rebut it by his own or other evidence.

Close time for Mink, Otter, Fisher, Sable or Beaver, 1st May to 1st September. Penalty for killing in that time 5 to $20. The same rule as above applies to possession of green pelts, &c., or going about with traps, &c The L. G. in C. appoints a Game warden for each County, and he may appoint as many Deputies as are necessary, their duty being to enforce this law. Returns are to be made, and penalties paid over by the Deputies on or before the 1st and by the Warden on or before the 31st of each October, under penalties of $20 for the former and $40 for the latter. The Secretary Treasurer of the County is to be notified of any neglect to do this, and proceed for the penalty. A Provincial Game Comr is to be appointed to have general superintendence of the county officers. County Councils may also appoint Parish Wardens with the same powers as the Deputies. Any Game Officers may require aid from others in the same manner as a Sheriff or Deputy. Of fines received, one half goes to the informer and the other is paid over to the officer prosecuting, to be accounted for. If the informer be the prosecutor the half not falling to him is remitted to the Chief Game Comr. The carcases, pelts or traps may be seized by the officer, and if the party be condemned for the penalty, they are confiscated and sold, the proceeds to be divided as fines. Search warrants may be granted to search for and seize them. Returns are to be laid before the legislature annually by the Prov Sec., and the Chief Comr. makes an annual report.

Close time for Partridge, Snipe, or Woodcock, 1st March to 1st September. Penalty for unlawful killing $4. Killing Wild Duck, Brent, or other wild fowl of the game kind with nets, swivels or punt guns is forbidden under a penalty of $20 to $40. Nets found set for such a purpose may be seized, and on sufficient proof of intent, confiscated by J. P. Penalty for setting them $10 to $20.

Killing Robins, Swallows, Sparrows, and other small and singing birds which frequent gardens, or snaring or capturing them alive or having them in possession, or offering them for sale or destroying their eggs or nests, is declared illegal under a penalty of $1 and 10 cts. ad- page 120 ditional for each bird. But this does not apply to persons capturing them under license of the Prov. Sec. for scientific purposes. And Minks may be captured alive and kept for breeding purposes.

Non-residents of the Province may not hunt or kill any game without a license from the Chief Comr. countersigned by the Prov. Secy, or his Deputy, and lasting from 1st September one year till the same date in the next, for which a fee of $20 is to be paid. For shooting or hunting without a license, or refusing to produce it when required, such person forfeits $20 to $50, besides fee for license and costs of prosecution. Officers of the army and navy are entitled to a license for a fee of $5. Neglect of duty by any officer appointed under the Act is punishable by a line of $10 to $20.