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The Advisory Board took a strong stand against any unwarranted 

 relaxation of our game laws for the purpose of increasing the food 

 supply. New Brunswick has now prohibited the sale of game, making, 

 in all, three provinces that have adopted this policy so essential to 

 game protection. Efforts are also being made to check the excessive 

 slaughter of moose in the Yukon for the market. 



Killing Deer ^^ increase the meat supply, the province of Ontario 



to Increase killed a number of deer in Algonquin Park. In all. 



Meat Supply ^^q ^^^^ ^.^^.^ j^jjj^j ^^^ yielded 66,221 lbs. of meat, 



or one-half ounce of meat for each inhabitant of the province of 

 Ontario. 



The wapiti is protected everywhere except in Saskatchewan. 

 A letter from the Premier, Hon. Mr. Martin, addressed to the Advisory 

 Board, indicates that the game laws of that province will be amended 

 during the current session to give this magnificent animal protection 

 there also.* 



The North American Reindeer Co. proposes to import reindeer 

 from Alaska, and has applied for a grazing lease of a large area in 

 Manitoba and the Northwest Territories northwest of Churchifl. If 

 the experiment be successful, this herd will supply animals for 

 transportation and will add to the meat supply. 



Conference on ^"^ Committee on Fish, Game and Fur bearing 

 Wild Life Animals and the Advisory Board on Wild Life Pro- 



° ^^ °" tection, jointly, have called a conference of game offi- 



cials of the Dominion and Provincial Governments and of others 

 interested in the conservation of game, fur-bearing animals and wild 

 life generally. This conference will be held here to-morrow and the 

 day following and valuable results are anticipated. 



It is expected that the report on our Wild Life Resources and their 

 Conservation, which is being prepared by Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, who 

 has continued to act as special adviser to the Commission in the pro- 

 tection of game and wild life, will be completed shortly and will be 

 published during the year. 



COMMITTEE ON PRESS AND CO-OPERATING 

 ORGANIZATIONS 



That conservation is receiving so much attention in Canada is 

 largely due to the work of the Commission of Conservation. The 

 Commission initiated the work of publicity respecting conserva- 

 tion of natural resources and to this body, a large measure of resultant 

 public interest is undoubtedly due. 



'Since the foregoing was written, the Provinic of Saskatchewan has also 

 passed legislation protecting the wapiti, commonly called the elk. 



