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existence for providing for the widows 

 and families of gamekeepers who lose 

 their lives in the protection of game, and 

 for pensioning keepers who are no longer 

 fit for work on account of old age or 

 accident. The Keepers' Benefit Society 

 is under the patronage of His Majesty 

 the King, and many prominent sports- 

 men figure on the committee. 



Such a deserving object should surely 

 enlist the ready sympathy of sportsmen, 

 and if only all who took out a game 

 licence would subscribe even half-a-crown 

 to the funds of the Society, the scope 

 of its beneficial work would be vastly 

 increased. 



