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us with a moderate sized publication, wherein nothing 

 is inserted but that by which we may now be guided 

 with safety. 



In the interim, the annexed memoranda, for the 

 present game laws, although an imperfect attempt, 

 may be the means, in some cases, of saving time, 

 and perhaps a lawsuit; than their doing which, 

 nothing would give more pleasure to the compiler. 



JUNE, 1826. 



QUALIFICATION. 



\_A lord of a manor, if not otherwise qualified, would not be 

 entitled to kill game himself.] 



100/. per annum, clear of all deductions, in own or wife's right, 

 charged upon hinds or tenements, or other estate of inheritance. 



150/. per annum for life, or on lease, for life, or ninety-nine 

 years. 



Eldest sons of esquires, or [of*] persons of higher degree. 



Notwithstanding the eldest son of an esquire is 

 qualified, yet the esquire himself may not be qualified f 

 such is the consistency of the game laws ! What a 



* Although this word of is not inserted, yet it has legally been 

 decided to be necessarily implied. 



" A diploma, conferring the degree of doctor of physic, granted 

 by either of the universities in Scotland, does not give a quali- 

 fication to kill game (under 22 and 23 Car. II. cap. xxv). An 

 esquire, or other person of higher degree, as suck, is not qualified 

 under that act; though the son of an esquire, or the son of other 

 person of higher degree. i,v." (Vide 1st Term Reports, page 44.) 



