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Rifles were permitted in Bruce and Gre\- Counties, and in the Township of 

 Mountain in the County of Dundas. In all the other areas listed only shotguns 

 with .S.S.G. or buckshot loads, and bow and arrow, were permitted. 



A special licence was used in isolated townships. 



Beaver — An open season for beaver was established from December 1st to 

 December 21st, both inclusive, in all of Ontario north and west of the French 

 and Mattawa Rivers excepting the district of Rainy River and that portion of 

 Kenora District south of the main line of the C.N.R. and west of the C.N.R. 

 line running from Fort William to Superior Junction. South of the French 

 and Mattawa Rivers, the same season was established in the districts of Parry 

 Sound and Nipissing, the county of Lanark, and the townships of Artemisia, 

 Bentinck, Euphrasia, Glenelg, Holland, \ormanb>". Proton and Sullivan in the 

 County of Grey. 



The bag limit was set at ten beaver per trapper. 



Muskrat — Provision was made whereby (including extensions) muskrats 

 were hunted, taken or killed, and the carcass, pelt or an\- part thereof possessed, — 



(a) On March 6th to April 12th, both inclusive, in the ^ear 1947 in the 

 Counties of Brant, Elgin, Essex, Haldimand, Kent, Lincoln, Norfolk, 

 Oxford, Welland and Wentworth; and those parts of the Counties of 

 Halton, Lambton, Middlesex, Peel, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington 

 lying south of Highway No. 7; 



(b) On March 20th to April 26th, both inclusive, in the year 1947 in the 

 Counties of Bruce, Carleton, DufTerin, Dundas, Durham, Glengarry, 

 Grenville, Grey, Huron, Leeds, Northumberland, Ontario, Peter- 

 borough, Prescott, Prince Edward, Russell, Simcoe, Stormont, Victoria 

 and York; and those parts of the Counties of Lambton, Halton, Middle- 

 sex, Peel, Perth, Waterloo and \\x'llington lying north of Highway- 

 No. 7 ; and those parts of the counties of Frontenac, Hastings and Lennox 

 and Addington King south of Highwa>^ No. 7; and that part of the 

 County of Lanark King south of Highwav No. 7 and east of Highwavs 

 No. 15 and No. 29;' 



(c) On March 20th to May 5th, both inclusive, in the year 1947, in the 

 County of Renfrew, the Provisional County of Haliburton and the 

 Districts of Muskoka and Parry Sound; and that part of the District 

 of Nipissing lying south of the Township of Widdiheld and the Mattawa 

 River; and those parts of the Counties of Frontenac, Hastings and 

 Lennox and Addington lying north of Highway No. 7; and that part 

 of the County of Lanark lying north of Highway- No. 7 and west of 

 Highwa>'s No. 15 and No. 29; 



(d) On April 1st to Ma\' 21st, both inclusi\-e, in ihe year 1947, in the 

 Districts of Algoma, Rain\' River and Sudbury; and that part of the 

 District of Nipissing King north of the south boundary of the Town- 

 ship of W'iddiheld and the Mattawa River; 



(e) On April 1st to Ma>- 31st, both inclusive, in the year 1947, in the 

 Districts of Cochrane, Kenora, Patricia, Timiskaming and Thunder 

 Bay. 



Migratory Birds — A summary of the Federal Regulations for 1946 as the\ 

 ai)])lied to Ontario follows: — 



OjK'U Seasons (both dates inclusive) \\'oodcock, October 1 to October 31st. 



