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FOREIGN STATUTES. 



Table of Clone Svasuns for Fitih now in force. 



In addition to tlie general fishery acts which have been passed at dif- 

 erent times by Parhaioent, special acts prescribing- regulations for par- 

 ticular counties or rivers have been enacted from a very early period. 

 Instances of such acts are the statutes of 4 Anne and 1 George I, for 

 *'The Preservation of Salmtm an(J. other Fish in the Counties of South- 

 ampton and Wilts " (amended by 37 George III, c. 95) ; and the statute 

 of 18 George III for "the better Preservation of Fish and Eegulating 

 the Fisheries in the Rivers Severn and Verniew."^ 



Under this first section, in the general division of the subject, may 

 be cited the following British and Canadian statutes, which have for 

 their object the i)revention of acts prejudicial to the processes of breed- 

 ing of game, birds, and fish, viz: 



That which ])rohibits the taking of the eggs of any game bird, swan, 

 wild duck, tea], or widgeon. - 



That which i)rohibits the destruction of either the eggs or nests of 

 any partridge, pheasant, grouse, quail, duck, or other wild fowl.^ 



That which imposes a penalty upon any one who shall buy, sell, or 

 have in his x)ussession any salmon, trout, or char roe, or who shall use 

 any kind of fish roe as bait.* 



1 Oke'.s "Fishery Laws," pp. 31, 32. 

 21 and 2 Wm. iV, c. 32, Sec. 24. 

 no Win. Ill, c. 8, Sec. 8. 

 ■•24 and 25 Vict., c. 109, Sec. 9. 



