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out the Province; that where or when in any district beaver are suf- 

 ficiently numerous that trapping can be advantageously conducted with- 

 out endangering the perpetuation of the creature in such district, trap- 

 ping operations be undertaken by officers of the Government; the pelts 

 thus secured branded with a government mark and sold by public tender 

 for the benefit of the public treasury; and that it be declared illegal for 

 any private person whatsoever to have in possession, barter or trade in 

 raw or undressed beaver pelts in the Province of Ontario which are not 

 so branded, no matter where such pelts may have been obtained, other 

 than when a permit for this purpose shall have been obtained from the 

 Government. 



(2) That the dates for the open season for muskrat be amended to 

 Marcli IG to April 30, both days inclusive. 



(3) That a license fee of |5.00 be charged to citizens and bona fide 

 residents of the Province for the privilege of trapping on public lands; 

 that Indians only be exempt from this charge, but be required to obtain 

 a permit in lieu of such license; and that each person while engaged in 

 trapping be required to carry his license or permit on his person. 



(4) That the approximate area which may be trapped over be 

 designated on the license or permit issued to each trapper; that it be 

 ■declared an indictable and punishable offence to trap on Crown lands 

 outside the limits designated on the license or permit; and that a trap- 

 per be entitled to a renewal of his license or permit over the same area 

 provided only that he shall have in no way disobeyed the game laws, and 

 shall have complied with the provisions of his license or permit. 



(5) That all fur-buyers and dealers in raw or undressed furs, 

 engaged in this business in Ontario, be required to take out a license; 

 that the charge for such license be |50 ; and that in the case where more 

 than six collecting stations are maintained by one firm, or more than 

 six buyers or agents employed by one firm at various points throughout 

 the Province for the purpose of collecting furs, an additional license fee 

 of |10 for every such station or agent be charged. 



(6) That all trappers or fur-buyers as a condition of license or 

 permit be required to furnish the Department, on a form provided with 

 the license or permit for that purpose, with statistics of the numbers 

 and species of each animal killed, sold, bought or otherwise disposed of; 

 that in' the case of Indians or other trappers being unable to write, it be 

 required of the buyers purchasing from them to fill in their forms for 

 them and forward the same to the Department; and that such returns 

 be required to be posted to the Department within ten days of the close 

 of the legal open season. 



(7) That provision be made on such forms for distinction between 

 each sale, gift, trade or purchase effected, of the various dates thereof, 

 and the license numbers of the persons with whom each transaction was 

 effected; and that it be made an indictable offence, punishable by fine 

 and cancellation of the license, to render false or incomplete returns 



