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Some Shooting Statistics 



IT may not be generally known that the Aus- 

 trian Government keeps a careful record of 

 the game shot throughout the Empire. Such 

 is, however, the case. Naturally, the numbers 

 given are rather below than above the mark, for 

 poachers furnish no returns of their successes not 

 even for the sake of the accuracy of the Imperial 

 registers. 



Some of these statistics may prove of interest to 

 English readers. The first table, which is taken 

 from the Allgemeine Sport- Zeitung i February 2ist, 

 1897, gives the total game killed in one year in the 

 dual monarchy the first column being the game 

 list for Hungary for the year 1894 ; the second, the 

 game list for Austria for 1892. 



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