APPENDIX TO PART I 185 



PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 



(1919 laws not received.) 



Open seasons. — Marten, mink, muskrat, and otter, November I to March 31 ; 

 beaver, no open season, and the animals or their pelts taken in the Province may 

 not be sold. 



Trapping. — Nonresident requires license (fee, #50) for trapping. Unlawful 

 to put out poisoned baits for foxes or other animals. 



Propagation. — Several special acts of the Provincial legislature regulate fox 

 ranching on the island. The animals are assessed for taxation; ranches are pro- 

 tected from trespass, under heavy penalties; and incomes from ranches are taxed. 



Bounties. — None paid. 



SASKATCHEWAN. 



Open seasons. — Mink, fisher, and marten, November 1 to March 31; otter 

 and muskrat, November 1 to April 30; fox, north of township 50, November 1 to 

 March 31 ; beaver, December 1 to April 30 (except on game preserves and where 

 protected by municipality). 



Trapping. — Nonresident requires license (fee, $25) to trap. Unlawful to 

 trap on game refuges or on enclosed or cultivated lands of another without consent 

 of owner or occupant; to use poison for taking fur animals; to spear or shoot 

 muskrats, or to destroy muskrat houses; to buy, sell, ship, or possess unprime 

 furs; to buy or sell furs without license (fees: residents north of township 25, 

 #10; south of township 26, $2 ; nonresidents, #25) ; and to ship any fur animal in 

 concealed receptacle. Licensed fur traders must make annual report of operations. 



Propagation. — Permit required (fee, $1 annually) to operate a fur ranch. 

 Permit to ship live fur animals is required ; fee, for black or silver fox, $25 ; for cross 

 or red fox, #5 ; for other fur animal, #5. Young foxes may not be taken from dens 

 before May 15. 



Bounties. — Adult timber wolf, #10; pups of prairies or timber wolf, $1 ; 

 paid only in properly gazetted wolf districts, when half is refunded from Provincial 

 treasury. 



QUEBEC. 



Open seasons. — Mink, otter, marten, fisher (pekan), raccoon, skunk, or any 

 other fur-bearing animal not excepted in this article, November I to March 31; 

 beaver, November 1 to March 31; muskrat, March 15 to April 30; fox, Novem- 

 ber 1 to February 29; bear, August 20 to June 30. 



Trapping. — Use of poisons in taking fur animals prohibited. Reports are 

 required of all persons engaged in the fur trade (buying, selling, or taking fur 



