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rivers in the province; and we believe that eventually the beaver may 

 be made to support an important industry. The taking of beaver will 

 be prohibited to everybody but the government agents, and it is thought 

 a sufficient revenue may be obtained in this matter to provide for the 

 upkeep of ail the parks, and possibly go into greater figures and take 

 care of the whole park system. You will at once see that there is no 

 incentive to the ranger to clean out the whole colony. The idea in the 

 proposition is to follow the German principle of taking the sustained 

 yield only ; and not only that but the beaver will be taken when they are 

 in the very best condition ; and further, it is thought that as they will 

 bear the government stamp and as they will all be prime skins, gradually 

 the prices in Germany and London will reach the highest figure for any 

 beaver sold. 



