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same, for which receipt, however, he is legally autho- 

 rised to demand one shilling. The receipt thus ob- 

 tained, is to be delivered to the clerk of the commis- 

 sioners acting for the district, who will in return give 

 the requisite certificate, without any additional ex- 

 pense. A gamekeeper's certificate must be obtained in 

 the same way, the expense of which was one guinea ; 

 but it has, I suppose, experienced a rise in the price, 

 in the same proportion as the former. 



But the mode of obtaining the certificate was not 

 the only alteration introduced by 48 Geo. III., it 

 added several other birds (namely, the woodcock, 

 snipe, and land-rail) to the list of game, as well as the 

 rabbit ; with, however, the following exceptions : 

 the taking of woodcocks or snipes in nets or springes, 

 and the taking or destroying rabbits in warrens, or 

 any inclosed ground; or by any person in land which 

 he occupies. 



Let it be remembered, that merely the certificate 

 will not enable a person to kill game : he must also 

 possess the qualification by property, mentioned a few 

 pages back under that head. If a qualified person 

 sports without a certificate, he is liable to a penalty of 

 201. if a non-qualified persons kills or hunts game 

 with a certificate, he subjects himself to a penalty 

 ofoL 



The commissioners for the affairs of taxes must 

 annually insert, in one or more of the newspapers in 

 the county, the names and residences of the persons 

 who have procured certificates. 



