24 DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES No. 9 (1946) 



The following is a summary of the articles which were placed under 

 seizure in these actions, — 



Live Animals and Birds in 2 cases. 



Birds, game animals and meat in 142 cases. 



Fire-atms and Ammunition in 389 cases. 



Fish in 209 cases. 



Nets and Fishing Equipment in 140 cases. 



Angling Equipment in 152 cases. 



Pelts and Hides in 256 cases. 



Traps and Trapping Equipment in 154 cases. 



Canoes, row-boats and motor-boats in 14 cases. 



Outboard Motors in 9 cases. 



Motor Vehicles in 4 cases. 



Flashlights and lanterns in 25 cases. 



Spears in 49 cases. 



Miscellaneous Articles in 46 cases. 



While the combined total of these various articles exceeds 1,247, the actual 

 number of seizures made during the year, the discrepancy is accounted for by the 

 fact that there are many seizures made in which articles in more than one of these 

 classifications are included, such as fire-arms and game, traps and pelts, fishing 

 tackle and fish, and in all the cases in which water-craft, outboard motors and 

 motor vehicles are involved articles in other classifications would be included. 



Departmental records disclose the fact that the fire-arms which were 

 seized in these cases consisted of 177 small calibre fire-arms such as .22's and .25's, 

 95 larger calibre rifles, 1 revolver, 7 air guns, 58 single-barrel shot-guns, 69 double- 

 barrel shot-guns, 18 repeater shot guns, and 1 automatic shot gun. 



Details of confiscated pelts of fur-bearing animals are as follows: 



Beaver 468 



Fox 94 



Lynx 1 



Marten 2 



Mink 71 



Muskrat 382 



Otter 56 



Raccoon 64 



Skunk 34 



Squirrel 46 



Weasel 31 



Deer and Moose Hides , 64 



Charges were laid and subsequent prosecutions were undertaken in 1,085 

 cases in which violations of the Game and Fisheries Act and the various Regula- 

 tions were involved. Following these charges and prosecutions convictions were 

 registered and penalties imposed by the presiding magistrates in 1,034 of these 

 cases. The charges were dismissed, principally for lack of supporting evidence, in 

 44 cases. In 6 cases the charges were withdrawn previous to the trial and in one 

 case the defendant received a warning. 



In connection with the 1,034 convictions which were registered, the charges 

 were laid by Game and Fisheries Overseers in 1,005 cases, by Provincial Constables 

 in 21 cases, and in the remaining 8 cases the charges followed information laid 



