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by rules and regulations in that behalf. The compensation of 

 the secretary and the said chief warden and otlier wardens 

 shall be fixed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and 

 shall be paid out of the license fees and fines collected under the 

 provisions of this Act and such moneys as may be appropriated 

 for the purpose by the Legislative Assembly of the Province 

 and shall not, exclusive of travelling expenses, exceed, in the 

 whole, the sum of $1,200 ; and said board shall have the power 

 to appoint, or may authorize the chief game warden to appoint, 

 at any time, deputy wardens in an}^ part of the Province for 

 such period of time as they in their discretion may determine. 



11. It shall be the duty of said board to give all necessary Board to col- 

 directions and to take all reasonable measures for securing the ^S'^^ mforma- 

 enforcement of the laws for the protection of game, and for tistics. 

 giving effect to the provisions of laws for the preservation, 

 propagation and protection of the fish of the Province, to col- 

 lect, classify and preserve all such statistics, data and informa- 

 tion as "they may think will tend to promote the objects of 

 such laws ; to conduct all the necessary correspondence, to 

 take charge of and keep all repoits, books, papers, documents ^ 



or specimens v.'hich they may collect in the di^-chaige of their 

 duties under this Act ; and to prepare an annual report to the 

 Lieutenant-Governor on or. before the thirty-fir.st day of 

 December of each year, shewing what has been done by them 

 during the year, and the manner in which their duties have 

 been performed, wnth such recommendations for legislative 

 action, if any, as the said board may deem calculated to better 

 promote the preservation of fish and game and increase the 

 more useful food fishes within the Province and to lessen the 

 cost of the same. 



13. The provisions of the game laws of this Province Game laws not 

 shall not apply to Indians or to settlers in the unorganized to apply to In- 

 districts of th"is Province with regard to any game killed £rin"uno? 

 for their own immediate use for food only and for the reason- ganized dis- 

 able necessities of the person killing the same, and his family, ^'■'^*'^- 

 and not for the purposes of sale or traffic. And nothing herein 

 contained shall be construed to affect any rights specially re- 

 served t) or conferred upon Indians by any treaty or regula- 

 tions in that behalf made by the government of the Dominion 

 of Canada, with reference to hunting on their reserves or 

 hunting grounds or in any territory specially set apart for 

 the purpose ; nor shall anything in this Act contained apply 

 to Indians hunting in any portion of the Provincial terri- 

 tory as to which their claims have not been surrendered or 

 extinguished. 



13. Any person offending against any of the provisions of Penalties, 

 sections 1 and 8 of this Act shall be liable for each oftence 

 to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and not less than twenty 

 dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, and any person 

 offending against any other of the provisions of the said Act 



