2CJO THE RABBIT 



i860, a game licence is required to kill rabbits, 

 although they are not 'game.' But certain persons 

 are named to whom this does not apply, and rabbits 

 may be killed without a game licence ' by the pro- 

 prietor of any warren, or enclosed ground, or by the 

 tenant of lands either by himself, or by his direction, 

 or permission.' 



The Gun Licence Act, 1870, provides that every- 

 one ' who shall use or carry a gun,' no matter for 

 what purpose, shall take out a ten-shilling licence 

 under a penalty of ten pounds ; while the Ground 

 Game Act, 1880, as we have seen, declares that a ten- 

 shilling licence is required for killing ground game. 



The net result of these various enactments appears 

 to be that, while the holder of a game licence may 

 kill any kind of game, as well as rabbits, woodcock, 

 snipe, &c., a person who intends to confine his 

 attention to rabbits may shoot them if holding a ten- 

 shilling licence only.^ In connection with this subject 

 a curious point was recently raised, and only decided 

 after two appeals, a propos of rabbits and the Gun 

 Licence Act, the principal provision of which has 

 been already stated. By the terms of this Act certain 

 persons are exempted from taking out a gun licence, 



' Both owners and occupiers may kill hares without a 

 licence under the provisions of the Hares Act, 1848, and may 

 authorise others to do so for them. 



