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given by the Game and Fish Protective Associations throughout the Province. There 

 are close to two hundred of such organizations and they represent the organized effort 

 of sportsmen to conserve and protect the provincial wild life resources through edu- 

 cational and practical means. They are of great benefit and assistance in consolidat- 

 ing public opinion towards a proper appreciation of the value of these resources and 

 respect for the legislation and regulations which govern their administration, and from 

 the personal experience of their individual members furnish a great deal of practical 

 knowledge valuable in the framing of proper and effective laws. 



It should be appreciated that the difficulties of protecting these resources scat- 

 tered over such a vast extent of territory are very considerable, and that only the com- 

 plete co-operation of the general public will ensure the success of our efforts. The 

 majority of sportsmen were never more conservation-minded than they are at present, 

 and sporting ideals have reached a high plane. This is a splendid augury for the 

 future success not only of the sports of hunting and fishing, as well as of the trapping 

 industry, but also for the protection and development of the resources which make 

 them possible. 



In the usual performance of their patrol service enforcement officers found it 

 necessary to place under seizure various articles of hunting, fishing and trapping 

 equipment, as well as game, fish and the pelts of fur-bearing animals taken, in 1,525 

 cases in which they had evidence of violations of provisions of the Game and Fisheries 

 Act and Regulations. Game and Fisheries Overseers were responsible for this action 

 in 1,339 cases. Deputy Game Wardens in 84 cases, Provincial Police Constables in 15 

 cases, and in the remaining 87 cases the action was provided by Overseers, Police or 

 Deputy Game Wardens acting in co-operation with each other. 



The following is a summary of the articles which were confiscated: — 



Live animals and birds in 10 cases 



Birds, game animals and meat in 147 cases 



Fire-arms and ammunition In 645 cases 



Fish in 162 cases 



Nets and fishing equipment in 167 cases 



Angling equipment in 86 cases 



Pelts and hides in 291 cases 



Traps and trapping equipment in 186 cases 



Canoes, rowboats and motor boats in 33 cases 



Outboard motors in 10 cases 



Motor vehicles in 5 cases 



Flashlights and lanterns in 23 cases 



Spears in 58 cases 



Miscellaneous articles in 32 cases 



The fact that more than one item was reported seized in many of these cases, — 

 such as fire-arms and game, venison and deer hides, nets, fish and boats, fishing tackle 

 and fish, traps and pelts, spears and lights, as well as other combinations, would be re- 

 sponsible for the apparent discrepancy as between the actual number of cases in which 

 seizures were reported and the total cases reported in the previous table. 



Confiscated firearms were as follows: — 283 .22 calibre rifles (single shot and re- 

 peaters), 11 25-20 rifles, 92 heavy calibre rifles, 203 shotguns (single barrel and double 

 barrel), 34 repeating shotguns, 2 automatic shotguns, 3 combination weapons (rifle and 

 shotgun barrels), 4 revolvers and 63 air or spring guns. 



Confiscated pelts of fur-bearing animals were as follows: — 335 beaver, 2 fisher, 

 42 fox (black, cross and red), 96 mink, 726 muskrat, 4 otter, 4 rabbit, 54 raccoon, 60 

 skunk, 12 squirrel and 54 weasel, as well as 37 deer and moose hides. 



