284 CONSERVATION OF CANADIAN WILD LIFE 



cil, and not by the provincial legislature. A similar policy 

 is followed in the case of the legislation enacted by the Do- 

 minion Government for the protection of migratory birds 

 and of game in the Northwest Territories. The method of 

 fixing open seasons, etc., by Order in Council, has great ad- 

 vantages over the method generally in vogue of accomplish- 

 ing this by amendments to the Game Act. Such amend- 

 ments can only be made when the legislature is in session, 

 and not infrequently it is of great importance to make a 

 change in an open season without the delay necessitated by 

 a postponement of such action until the legislature meets. 

 The claim sometimes made that delegation of these powers 

 to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council is likely to be abused 

 has not been borne out in practice; on the contrary, it has 

 been found that the needs of the situations that arise from 

 time to time in wild-life protection can be more opportunely 

 met by such a policy, which is to be strongly recommended 

 on that account. 



A number of important restrictions have recently been 

 placed on the killing of big game. The bag limit on moose 

 has been reduced from two to one, on caribou from three to 

 two, and on mountain goat from three to two. These were 

 necessary and wise reductions and, with the other restric- 

 tions on big-game hunting that have been made, they un- 

 doubtedly will be a means of conserving some of our finest 

 big game, for which the province is justly famous. In fact, 

 there is no better big-game region on the North American 

 continent than the Cassiar region of British Columbia. 



In 1918, for the first time, a close season was established 

 on bear, which now may be killed only from October 1 to 

 June 30. It would be very desirable to proceed further 

 and amend the Game Act for the purpose of establishing a 

 bag limit on grizzly bears. Grizzlies are not so abundant 

 now as to permit their unlimited destruction. 



The sale of all protected game is advisedly prohibited 



