GREAT BRITAIN AND CANADA. 



451 



offences against the act committed on the Higlj Seas within the jurisdic- 

 tion of the Admiralty, no mention being made of any limit to this juris- 

 diction. Under Section 8 power is given to the Home Office to extend 

 or vary the close season for particular localities uuder certain circum- 

 stances. 



Under the present fishery laws of the United Kingdom and Canada 

 close seasons are prescribed for nearly all kiuds of fisli. By the Salmon 

 Fishery Acts of 18G5, 1873, and 187()' close seasons aie designated for 

 sahnon, trout, and char, and for all other kiuds of freshwater fish (which 

 prior to 1878 luight be caught freely at all seasons of the year) by the 

 Freshwater Fisheries Act of 1878.^ The act of 1873^ further protects 

 the salmon in rivers by forbidding all persons from fixing any baskets, 

 nets, trails, or devices for taking eels in a salmon river between Jan. 1 

 and June 24, and from placing any wheels or leaps for taking lami)ern8 

 between March 1 and August 1. 



By the Revised Statutes of Canada (18SG) close seasons are prescribed 

 for certain fish, and authority is conferred upon the Governor in Council 

 to prescribe such close seasons for others.* By reference to the accom- 

 ])anying table of close seasons the nature and extent of the different 

 (;lose seasons now in force in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 

 Ireland and the Dominion of Canada can be readily ascertained. 



In both countries the laws forbidding the killing of game and fish 

 during the close seasons are further enforced by other laws prohibit- 

 ing all persons from dealing in the forbidden articles or having them 

 iu their iwssession during such close seasons.^ 



Tabic of Close Seas!j)is for Game ami Wild Birds now in force. 



Name of game or 

 bird. 



Black game 



Bustard, or Wild 

 Turkey. 



Deer (male) 



Deer (tallow) 



Grouse , 



Kame of couutry. 



United Kingdom . 



CEuglaud.. 



( Ireland 



do 



Hares andRabbits do 



United Kingdom. 



Heath fo-svl 



Partridge 



Do.: 



Do 



Phea.sant 



Di) 



Do 



Quail 



Do 



All kinds of wild 

 birds. 



Scotland 



England 



Scotland 



Ireland 



England 



Scotland 



Ireland 



England and Scotland . 



Ireland 



United Kin gdom 



Close season. 



Statutes 



Dec. 10 to Aug. 20 1 and 2 Wm. IV, c. 32, Sec. 3. 



Mar. 1 to Sept. 1 a and 2 Wm. IV, c. 32, Sec. 3; 



Jan. 10 to Sept. 1 'S George III, c. 35, Sec. 4. 



Juno 10 to Oct. 28 ^^^ ^^ jjj_ ^ g^ g^^ <;_ 



1 and 2 Wm. IV, c. 32, Sec. 3. 

 43 and 44 Vict., c. 47, Sec. 1. 



Michaelmas to June 20. 



Dec. 10 to Aug. 12 



On moorlands und unin 



closed lands, Apr. 1 t( 



D;c. 10. 



De('. 10 to Aug. 2U 



Feb. 1 to Sept. 1 



do 



do 



Feb. 1 to 'Oct. 1 



do 



do 



Mar. 1 to Aug. 1 



13 George III, c. 54, Sec. 1. 



1 and 2 Wm. IV, c. 32, Sec. 3. 



13 George III, c. 51. Sec. 1. 



37 George III, c. 21, Sec. 2. 



1 and 2 Wm. IV, c. 32, Sec. 3. 



13 George III, c. 54, Sec. 1. 



28 and 29 Vict., c. 54. 



43 and 44 Vict., c. 35, Sec. 3. 



Jan. 30 to Seilt. 20 } 37 George III, c. 21, Sec. 2. 



Mar. 1 to Aug. 1 43 and 44 Vict., c. 35, Sec. 3. 



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128 and 29 Vict., c. 121; 36 aud 37 Vict., c.71; 39 and 40 Vict., c. 19. 

 HI and 42 Vict. c. 39. 

 8 36 and 37 Vict., c. 71, Sec. 15. 

 4R. S., c. 9.5, Sees. 8-12, 16. 



n and 2 Will. IV., c. 32, Sec. 4; 41 aud42 Vict., c. 39, Sec. 11; 43 and 44 Vict., c. 35, 

 Sec. 3 J R. S, of Canada, c. 95, Sec. 12. 



