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Licences in Ireland, The laws of Ireland in regard 

 to this part of the subject are too complex to be ade- 

 quately treated in the space at our disposal, nor is it 

 necessary in a book expressly for keepers. No refer- 

 ence, therefore, is made to such questions as property 

 qualification, manorial privileges, and those of " persons 

 not under the degree of an esquire," and, in short, all 

 matters with which an ordinary keeper is not concerned. 

 No licences as male servants are required in Ireland. 

 Licences for dogs must be got on 3ist March in each 

 year, from the Petty Sessions Clerk of the district. 

 Duty, 2s. for each dog, and a 6d. stamp on the certifi- 

 cate of registration. A gamekeeper in Ireland, instead 

 of taking out a licence to kill game, registers his deputa- 

 tion or appointment (which is chargeable with a IDS. 

 stamp duty) with the supervisor of excise within whose 

 district the lands are situated, and the officers of excise 

 thereupon, on payment of the duty (i.e. ^3), grant a 

 certificate to such gamekeeper to kill game. Such 

 certificate may be transferred to a new keeper if the 

 keeper to whom it is granted dies or quits the service, 

 just as in the case of a keeper's licence in England and 

 Scotland. There is a provision in Ireland about show- 

 ing a certificate to kill game on demand similar to that 

 in England and Scotland, with two differences, viz. 

 (i) The person making the demand must showhis certifi- 

 cate, which is not necessary in England or Scotland, 

 and (2) the penalty for refusing to show is ^50, not 20. 



Laws against poaching. The keeper's legal powers 



