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Your Commissioners recommend that five days and no more be allowed to 

 dealers for the sa'e of their stock of game after the close season bei^ins. The 

 time at present allowed is too long, and allows of game being received after the 

 close season begins. 



Yonr Commissioners recommend that the sale, or exposure for sale of Quail 

 Snipe, Wihl Turkey, Woodcock and Partridge be prohiljitcdall over Ontario for a 

 term of three years. 



Your Commissioners are of opinion that the law which forbids the sprinor 

 shooting of Ducks should be strongly enforced, but as to Geese and Swan there is 

 no reason why these birds should not be shot in spring. 



Your Commissioners are of opinion that duck-shooting from sail-boats and 

 steam yachts should be strictly forbidden. 



Your commissioners find that the destruction of Ducks in some sections of 

 the Province, especially where private preserves are established, is enormous, and 

 recommend that no individual sportsman be allowed to shoot more than twenty- 

 five ducks in any one d;ty. 



Y'our Commissioners are of opinion that foreigners residing outside of 

 Ontario should not be allowed to shoot birds in the Province except upon pay- 

 ment of a license fee. 



Your Commissioners recommend that with a view to preventing the 

 shooting of Game Birds and smaller animals in part of their close season, 

 all shooting except Quail should begin on loth September and end on 15th De- 

 cember. 



The Quail season need not be interfered with, and can stand as at present. 



In the matter of the protection of birds, the establishment of a force of Game- 

 Wardens would also be very beneficial, and the indiscriminate slaughter now 

 complained of could be much curtailed. 



Your Commissioners recommend that the burning of marshes, which inter- 

 feres with the nesting of Game Birds and other animals should be strictly for- 

 bidden. 



Your Commissioners recommend that the permits issued for so-called scien- 

 tific purposes, should be strictly limited in number, and not given except under 

 very stringent conditions, and to those who are known to be bona fide scientific 

 men. 



l^our Commissioners recommend that the present Trespass Act be amended 

 so that persons found trespassing on farms or other private property where game 

 is preserved, should be liable to a heavy penalty. 



Referring to Revised Statutes of Ontario, chnp. 221, section 7, your Commis- 

 sioners recommend that the words "and all other waterfowl " be struck out. 



Your Commissioners recommend that shooting between sunset and sunrise 

 should be strictly prohibited, as much damage is done to Partridges and other 

 birds on moonlight nights by pot-hunters who, with the aid of their dogs disturb 

 the birds and then shout them in large numbers from beneath the trees. 



Your Commissioners unanimously and very strongly recommend that the 

 open shooting season should include the lirst and last days speciried. At present 

 many hunters shoot and otherwise destroy game after the close season commences, 

 excusing themselves for so doing, by the plea that they were not sure as to the 

 correct interpretation of the law. 



Your Commissioners unanimously recommend that the Wild Turkey should 

 be closely protected for a period of five years. 



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