10 GAME PRESEEYERS AND BIRD TRESERYERS. 



buslies of their buds, and we had not a single 

 ripe gooseberry. We would protect the trees, 

 not destroy this pretty little creature. 



No one can read the proceedings of this 

 Committee without being struck with the pa- 

 tience with which, without partiality, faYour, or 

 affection, they elicited all possible information 

 from the twenty -nine gentlemen who appeared 

 before them. 



Or we should think without ag^reeinf^ with 

 then^ report, and considering it highly desirable, 



1. That the protection of certain wild birds 

 named in the schedule of the Wild Birds Pro- 

 tection Act be continued. 



2. That all other wild birds be protected 

 from March 15 to August 1, proYided that 

 owners or occupiers of lands and persons de- 

 puted by them liaYC permission to destroy such 

 birds on lands owned -or occupied by them. 



But the public are left to find out for them- 

 selYes how best to carry out this recommendation 

 — whether to protect all these birds it is neces- 



