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obtain a license during the open season will be readily identified, and abuse of the 

 privilege will mean prosecution and cancellation of any future privileges. As the 

 carrying of fire-arms for hunting purposes within such Regulated Areas is forbidden, 

 except during such open seasons as may be prescribed and then only under the 

 authority of a special license, it is hoped to eliminate practically all of the poaching 

 which otherwise takes place. 



It is pleasing to learn that the open seasons established in these Regulated 

 Townships were quite successful and have done much to stay the epidemic of land 

 posting which threatened so seriously to curtail the opportunity for hunting over 

 private lands. It is not suggested, of course, that the present arrangements are 

 perfect, experience will doubtless bring minor changes in control and regulation 

 but the inauguration of such a scheme will, we believe, receive the approbation of 

 every sportsman when its underlying benefits become better known. 



The various townships which entered this scheme of Regulated Game Pre- 

 serve Areas during the year are as follows: — 



The Township of Markham, in York County; 



The Townships of Nelson and Trafalgar, in Halton County; 



The Townships of Flamborough East, Beverley, Ancaster, Saltfleet, Barton and 

 Binbrook, in Wentworth County; 



The Townships of Grimsby North, Clinton, Louth, Grantham, Niagara and 

 Caistor, in Lincoln County; 



The Townships of Stamford, Willoughby, Bertie and Humberstone, in Welland 

 County; 



The Townships of Canborough, Dunn, Cayuga South, Cayuga North, Oneida 

 and Seneca, in Haldimand County. 



Part of the Township of Westminister, in Middlesex County; 



The Township of Bayham, in Elgin County. 



WOLF BOUNTIES 



The following is a comparative table of condensed wolf bounty statistics 

 covering the last four fiscal years: — 



During the year 1,380 claims for wolf bounty were paid in respect of 1,889 

 wolves as shown above, in addition to which 19 claims were disallowed for various 

 reasons. Bounty was paid to 1,109 different persons, 735 of whom applied in 

 connection with only one wolf each. Applicants submitting claims on two wolves 

 numbered 179. The remainder of the applicants had claims for varying numbers, 

 while the largest total bounty paid to any one person amounted to $210. 



Details as to the sources of origin of the pelts submitted for bounty are set 

 forth in the following table: — 



