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look forward to still further prosperity, now that the atten- 

 tion of the High Commissioner of Canada has been drawn 



to them. In 1881 Mr. Brewster complained much of the 

 negligence of the Government in the matter, and with reason.* 



* Miss L. Gardiner, Secretary to the Royal Society for the Protection of 

 Birds, learns on enquiry that up to October, 1909, there had been no 

 general order of protection issued for the Magdalen Islands, of which Bird 

 Rock forms a part, other than for game or wild duck, except that Loons 

 and Gulls have a close time from March 1st to September 1st. 



