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there is a probability of injury being caused by 

 them to such dams or drainage embankments. 



(6) Onus of proof. — ^The onus of proving the 

 justification under the next preceding subsection 

 shall be on the person destroying any such animals. 



(7) Mink. — No mink shall be hunted, taken 

 or killed or had in possession of any person between 

 the 1st day of May and the 1st day of November 

 following. 



(8) Beaver doing damage. — The Superintend- 

 ent may at any time by order in writing direct the 

 taking or killing of beaver by an overseer or other 

 officer named in the order in any designated 

 locality in Ontario in which, in the opinion of the 

 Superintendent, beaver are causing damage to a 

 highway or to private property, but all beaver so 

 taken or killed shall be duly accounted for and 

 handed over to the Superintendent. 3-4 Geo. V. 

 c. 69. s. 11. 



SUNDAY 



• 12. Hunting on Lord's Day. — No person shall 

 on the Lord's Day hunt, take, kill or destroy 

 any game, or use any gun or other engine for that 

 purpose. 3-4 Geo. V. c. 69, s. 12. 



DEER 



13. — (1) License necessary for hunting deer. 



— No p>erson shall hunt, take, kill, wound or des- 

 troy any deer, moose, reindeer or caribou except 

 under the authority of a license. 



(2) Cow moose, fawns, etc., not to be killed. 

 No person shall at any time hunt, kill or take 

 any cow moose, or any other moose, reindeer or 

 caribou under the age of one year. 



(3) Number of deer, etc., which may be 

 killed. — No person shall during any one year or 

 season kill or take more than one deer, one bull 

 moose, or one ±)ull reindeer or caibou; but this 

 shall not apply to deer which are the private prop>- 

 erty of any person and which have been killed or 

 taken by him or by his direction or with his consent 

 in or upon his own land. 



(4) Aggregate kill. — Two or more persons 

 hunting together and holding licenses may kill an 

 aggregate of not more than one deer for each 

 member of the party. 



(5) Restraint of dogs. — ^No owner of any dog. 

 known by the owner to be accustomed to pursue 

 deer, shall permit such dog to run at large during 

 the close season for deer in any locality where 

 deer are usually found. 



(6) Idem. — Any person harbouring or claiming 

 to be the owner of such hound or dog shall be 

 deemed to be the owner thereof; and any dog 

 found running deer during the close season shall 

 be deemed to be at large with the permission of 

 the owner and may be killed on sight by any 

 person, and he shall not be liable to any penalty 

 or damage therefor. 3-4 Geo. V. c. 69, s. 13. 



WATER FOWL 



14. — (1) Hunting ducks, etc., from sail- 

 boats. — ISJo wild duck, goose or other waterfowl 

 shall be hunted, taken or killed from a sail boat, 

 yacht or launch propelled by steam or other power. 



(2) Illegal contrivances. — No swivel gun, or 

 gun of any kind of a larger bore or gauge than 8, 

 and no contrivance for taking or killing wild 

 swans, geese or ducks, known as sunken punts or 

 batteries, shall be used at any time. 



(3) Blinds or decoys. — ^No blinds or decoys 

 for use in hunting duck or other water (bvI shall be 

 placed at a greater distance than two hundred 

 yards from the shore or a natural rush bed thick 

 enough to conceal a boat, or from a water line 

 bounding private property, and all decoys shall 

 be removed from the water during the hours in 

 which shooting is prohibited. 3-4 Geo. V. c. 

 69. s. 14. 



(4) Limit of number of duck. — No person 

 shall take or kill more than two hundred wild 

 ducks in any one year. 4 Geo. V. c. 46. 



POISONS, TRAPS AND CONTRIVANCES 



15. — (1) Poisons, use of prohibited. — No 



person shall kill or take anyc game by the use of 

 poison, or a poisonous substance, or expose poison, 

 poisoned bait or other poisoned substance in any 

 place or locality to which any game or any dog 

 or cattle usually has access, 



(2) Trapping, snaring; etc. — ^None of the 

 game animals and game birds, except those men- 

 tioned in section 11, shall be trapped or taken by 

 means of traps, nets, snares, gins, baited lines or 

 other similar contrivaijces, nor shall such traps, 

 nets, snares, gins, baited lines or contrivances be 

 set for them or any of them at any time; and if 

 so set they may be destroyed by any person 

 without incurring any liability for so doing. 3-4 

 Geo. V. c. 69, s. 15. 



16. Shooting at night. — No person shall 

 discharge any gun or other fire-arm at any game 

 between sunset and sunrise. 3-4 Geo. V. c. 69, 

 s. 16. 



17. Hired hunters. — ^No person shall for hire, 

 gain or reward or hope thereof hunt, kill or shoot 

 any game, or employ, hire or for valuable consider- 

 ation induce any other person so to do; but 

 this shall not apply to the bona fide employment 

 of any person as guide to accompany a person 

 lawfully hunting or shooting. 3-4 Geo. V. c. 

 69, s. 17. 



EGGS 



18. Eggs not to be taken. — No eggs of any 

 game bird shall be taken, destroyed or had in 

 possession by any person at any time. 3-4 Geo. V. 

 c. 69, s. 18. 



MASKS AND DISGUISES 



19. Masked or armed persons in neighbor- 

 hood of preserves. — Any person being masked 

 or disguised arid carrying or having in his possession 

 any gun or other fire-arm near any preserve or 

 shooting ground or. in close season, near any 

 place where game is usually found shall be guilty 

 of an offence against this Act. 3-4 Geo. V. c. 

 69, s. 19. 



20. Automatic Guns prohibited. — Subject to 

 the Regulations, no gun of the description known 

 as ■■ automatic" in which the recoil is utilized to 

 reload the gun shall be used in the killing of game. 

 3-4 Geo. V. c. 69, s. 20. 



21. — (1) Certain employees not to carry 

 fire arms. — No person employed in connection 

 with the construction of any railway or public 

 work shall carry or have in possession in the 

 vicinity of such railway or public work, any gun 

 or other fire-arm except as may be authorized by 

 special license. 



MUNICIPAL BONDS FOR FARMERS 



Frequently farmers who have money to invest are at a loss to know how best to 

 invest it. A common plan is to invest it in mortgages on farm property. But the large 

 majority allow their surplus cash to remain in the savings bank at three per cent, 

 interest, which is a poor investment. 



One of the best investments for the farmer is municipal bonds. They are as safe 



as the bank and when bought at satisfactory prices bring in nearly double bank interest. 



here is no safer investment than Ontario municipal bonds. Municipal bonds in the 



