528 APPENDIX. 



SEC. 4. Any person may bring or prosecute an action in his own name for 

 the recovery of the fines or penalties imposed by this act, before any justice 

 of the peace of either of said counties, upon first giving to such justice of the 

 peace security for costs, satisfactory to such justice, in case he shall fail to 

 recover ; and in case of a recovery, the amount thereof, when collected, shall 

 be paid to the court before which such an action shall be prosecuted, together 

 with costs of such suit. The court before which such action shall be brought 

 shall certify the reasonable costs and expenses thereof, and pay the same out 

 of the moneys so received, and shall pay the residue thereof, if any, to the 

 treasurer of the county in which such action is brought, for the support of the 

 poor of said county. 



SEC. 5. All laws inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. 



SEC. 6. This act shall take effect immediately. 



Passed April! 2, 1861. 



THE GAME AND FISHERY LAWS OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA 

 FOR EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE. 



(By EDWABD C. BABBEK, Esq., Ottawa, Author of " The Crack Shot," etc., etc.) 



ONTARIO AND QUEBEC. 



Since the last issue of the Year-Book, very considerable changes have been 

 made in the game-laws of the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The fish- 

 ery-laws of the Dominion have also been revised to some extent, and it is now 

 believed that if sportsmen will respect the provisions of the acts, and aid in 

 enforcing the penalty against the poacher for infractions thereof, game and 

 fish will again become plentiful. 



It is greatly to be regretted that the Legislatures of the different provinces 

 have not provided the means for carrying out their various enactments on the 

 subject of the protection of game, and herein is felt the inconvenience of these 

 matters being dealt with in detail by the various provinces^ instead of by the 

 Dominion. Had the Dominion Legislature been vested with the power of 

 legislating upon the subject of game as well as upon the fisheries, the fishery 

 overseers might have been made efficient aids to the different game-clubs 

 throughout the country. To those of Quebec and Montreal much praise is 

 due for their efforts to protect game ; but it is absurd to suppose that indi- 

 vidual effort can stay the devastating hand of the pot-hunter. Much good 

 would be accomplished if the municipalities could be induced to afford their 

 aid. 



In Ontario, the close season for deer or fawn, elk, moose or cariboo, extends 

 from the 1 st of December to the succeeding 1 st of September, not to be trap- 

 ped ; the close season for wild turkey, grouse, pheasant, and partridge is be- 

 tween the 1st of January and the ] st of September ; for quail between the ] st 

 of January and the 1st of October ; and for woodcock and snipe from the 1 st 

 of March to the 12th of August ; and no wild swan, goose, or any description 

 of duck is allowed to be killed between the 15th day of April and the 10th 

 day of August ; neither is it to be trapped, or taken by means of traps, snares, 

 or springs, or killed by any other method than by shooting. It is also un- 



