GAME LAWS. 



" SIR, April 12, 1824. 



" I beg leave to suggest, through the me- 

 dium of your paper (and I have also taken the liberty 

 to send to members of both Houses of Parliament), 

 the mere outline of what, in my humble opinion, 

 would be the best improvement that could be made 

 on the game laws. 



" Yours, &c. &c." 

 " To the Editor." 



Do away with qualifications (or at all events arrange them so 

 as to be strictly just and consistent). 



Any further observations on this law, as yet exist- 

 ing, for qualifications, would be an insult to the un- 

 derstanding of my readers. 



A five guinea licence for every one who shoots game (except a 

 keeper, who should pay two guineas). 



An extra guinea and a half, once in a year, could 

 be no great object to a man who can afford to buy a 

 gun, and can also afford to give up a considerable 

 portion of his time, and to keep dogs, and supply 

 himself with ammunition. At all events, if this duty 

 should reduce the number of shooters sb much the 

 better for the birds ; if not so much the better for 

 the revenue. 



A two guinea licence (similar to a French port d'armes) for 

 every one who carries a gun, in any place whatever (off his own 

 premises), but with this licence only a gamekeeper can kill game. 



(Let a man who shoots without a licence be surcharged by the 

 collectors of taxes, as they are the most vigilant informers.) 



