REVIEW OF PROVINCIAL GAME LEGISLATION 281 
servation of one of the most valuable natural resources and 
economic assets in the province. 
Ontario.—A few years ago the Ontario government cre- 
ated a special Department of Game and Fisheries, with a 
deputy minister in charge to administer the Ontario Game 
and Fisheries Act. The Minister of Public Works and High- 
ways administers the department. The organization for the 
enforcement of the provisions of the act consists of a deputy 
minister, a superintendent, inspectors (not exceeding three 
in number), wardens who have districts, and overseers who 
have the authority of constables under the act. 
The greatest need in Ontario is the prohibition of the sale 
of all protected game, which is discussed elsewhere (p. 331). 
In view of the fact that there are not, so far as our records 
show, any wild turkeys in Ontario, this bird might advisedly 
be placed in the category of extinct game-birds, and given 
at least a permanent close season instead of an open season 
of a fortnight as at present! The absolute close season on 
quail should be maintained (see p. 160). It would also be 
in the interests of the wild fowl, such as ducks and geese, to 
establish a daily limit in addition to a seasonal bag limit. 
Manitoba—The Game Protection Act of Manitoba is 
administered by the Minister of Agriculture, the provisions 
of the act being enforced by the chief game guardians, with 
the assistance of local game guardians. 
The Manitoba government wisely prohibits the sale of all 
protected game, and has recently given the wapiti or elk a 
permanent close season. In view of the fact that antelope 
no longer occur in Manitoba, and are permanently pro- 
tected in Saskatchewan and Alberta, where the few that 
remain are now to be found, the provision of an open season 
of three weeks for antelope in Manitoba should be repealed. 
A bag limit of forty ducks per day in October and Novem- 
ber, without a seasonal bag limit, appears to us to be too 
large at the present time. 
