24 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Feb, 



1. That all game legislation be consolidated into one general 

 act. 



2. That the following be the close-terms for the whole Province. 

 Woodcock and Snipe; — March 1, to August 1. 



Ptarmigan and all kinds of Duck; — March 1, to September 1. 



Deer of all kinds ; — February 1, to September 1. 



Turkey, Pheasant, Partridge, and Grouse of all kinds ; — Feb- 

 ruary 1, to September 1. 



Quail; — February 1, to October 1. 



Fur bearing animals ; — April 1, to November 1. 



Your Committee does not consider these dates to be absolutely 

 the best, but rather as compromise close-terms such as would pro- 

 bably unite different interests. 



3. That egging and bird-nesting be prohibited, save on the 

 North-shore east of the Saguenay, and on the Islands of the Gulf, 

 where it shall be legal up to June 1 as at present. 



4. That there should be no close-term for birds within these 

 limits. [Except for Eider-ducks.] 



5. That this Report be sent to the Fish and Game Club with a 

 view to a joint effort being made to procure the necessary legis- 

 lation. 



The Committee is of opinion that no action is needed in the 

 matter of fish, inasmuch as the administration of the Fisheries 

 Department has been judicious, and the operation of the new 

 Fishery Act (in itself greatly in advance of similar enactments in 

 the mother country) promises to be on the whole satisfactory. 



Respectfully submitted. 



George A. Drummond. 

 David A. P. Watt. 



The Report having been received was thereafter unanimously 

 adopted, excepting the last clause relating to fish, which was 

 reserved for discussion. 



Mr. A. Rimmer believed that fishing by means of fixed-engines 

 should be made illegal ; and contended that all such were destruc- 

 tive of fish and ruinous to salmon grounds. Since they had been 

 suppressed in England, the yield of salmon had been increased 

 immensely. He remarked on the demoralizing effects of such nets, 

 killing and maiming the fish by night and by day ; and asserted that 

 the destruction of salmon in Upper Canada was owing to these 

 nets, as the fish were thereby driven off their proper breeding 



