REVIEW OF PROVINCIAL GAME LEGISLATION 279 



appoint game wardens and district game inspectors. Regis- 

 tered guides and chief forest rangers are ex officio game 

 wardens. 



There appears to be an insufficient number of game 

 wardens in the province, and a consequent failure to enforce 

 fully the provisions of the game act. The sale of deer, 

 caribou, and certain protected game-birds is prohibited, but 

 such prohibition should also include moose and wild fowl. 



We would also urge the indefinite continuation of the 

 close season on cow moose and caribou, as it is certain that 

 without such means of increasing its abundance the caribou 

 will become a thing of the past in Nova Scotia. The desira- 

 bihty of establishing one or more game reserves in Nova 

 Scotia has already been pointed out (see p. 256). 



New Brunswick. — The Game Act of 1909, with later 

 amendments, is administered by the Minister of Lands and 

 Mines. As a result of recent reorganization the protection 

 of game has been combined with the forestry work, and the 

 provincial forester is in charge of both services with a chief 

 game guardian to superintend the enforcement of the 

 game laws. The duties of game warden and forest ranger 

 are combined, and there are many obvious advantages to 

 such an arrangement. The number of ex officio game 

 wardens has been greatly increased. An apphcant for a 

 game license is now required to take an oath that he will 

 observe the game laws. This requirement should be more 

 widely adopted; it will help to eliminate the ''unfit" hunter. 



Two steps taken by the Province of New Brunswick in 

 1918 are highly commendable. In the first place, the policy 

 of appointing game wardens by a quafifying examination 

 has been adopted in place of the patronage system. Such 

 a method of securing efficient and qualified officers cannot be 

 too highly praised, and its adoption by other governments 

 would do more than anything else to bring about an effec- 

 tive conservation of our game animals. The second wise 



