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best possible conditions. While these areas are quite extensive every effort is made 

 to protect them against poachers, field officers making frequent patrols into and 

 around the various preserves. Wild-life development within these areas has been 

 very satisfactory while adjacent territory has benefited from the overflow. 



In the southern part of the Province, where the lands are mostly privately 

 owned and largely of an agricultural nature, there is a considerable number of 

 small sanctuaries, serving a useful purpose in the protection and development of 

 upland game birds and animals. These areas have been set aside with the co- 

 operation of the landowners who are for the most part vigilant in protecting any 

 game which may be found on their lands. 



No additions to these Crown Game Preserves have been made during the 

 period under review. 



LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS 



Amendments to the Game and Fisheries Act were provided during 1944 as 

 follows : — 



(a) Provision to establish fur royalties by regulation; 



(b) Extending the southerly boundary of division (b) for the purposes 

 of hunting deer and moose therein. Additional townships formerly located in division 

 (c) were included in division (b) by this amendment; 



(c) Adding the counties of Durham, Northumberland, Prince Edward, 

 the township of Howe Island, the township of Cambridge, the townships of Scott and 

 Brock and all townships south thereof in the county of Ontario to the areas in 

 which the hunting of deer is prohibited at all times; 



(d) Establishing portions of the district of Parry Sound and the dis- 

 trict of Nipissing south of the Ottawa and Mattawa Rivers as a separate division 

 for the hunting of deer, and providing for the open season for such purpose therein; 



(e) A later open season for deer in that portion of southern Ontario 

 defined as division (ddd); 



(f) Including farmers' sons in the exemption provided in subsection 

 4 of Section 10 (gun licenses) when hunting on such farmers' lands; 



(g) Clarification of the provisions of subsection 3 of Section 15 relating 

 to tourist outfitters; 



(h) Extending the provision which requires possession of licenses to 

 sell nets, to include in addition to gill nets, hoop nets, pound nets and seine nets. 



(i) Extension of the spring open season for bear, to extend from April 

 1st to June 15th. 



(j) Prohibiting the owners of greyhounds to pursue game or run at 

 large on Sundays; and prohibiting the owners of dogs from permitting such dogs to 

 molest game birds or disturb their nests during the months of April, May, June or 

 July, except during approved field trials; 



(k) Prohibiting the possession of artificial lights at night by persons 

 in possession of fire-arms capable of killing deer or moose; 



(1) Adding the counties of Halton, Northumberland and Ontario to 

 those counties in which the use of snares is prohibited at all times; 



(m) Adding the counties of Lincoln, Wentworth and York to those 

 counties in which there is a bag limit of six cotton-tail rabbits per day; and pro- 

 hibiting the sale of such rabbits in these counties; 



(n) Prohibiting the discharge of any fire-arm from or across the 

 King's Highway; and 



(o) Authorizing the export by non-resident hunters of "additional 



