80 THE GAME LAWS. 



on the same terms long previously permitted in 

 reference to rabbits. For this purpose a measui-e 

 was framed, and passed on the 22nd of July, 1848, 

 11 and 12 of Vic., c. 29, entitled " An Act to ena- 

 ble Persons having a Hight to kill Hares in Eng- 

 land and Wales, to do so by themselves, or persons 

 authorized by them, without being required to 

 take out a Game Certificate/^ Though not alto- 

 gether bearing on the gun, it still is sufficiently 

 so to warrant a summary of its provisions heie. 



The statute commences by declaring that, 

 from the damage which has been, and is con- 

 tinually done, by hares to the produce of in- 

 closed lands, and the great losses that have 

 thereby accrued, and do accrue, to the occu- 

 piers of sucli lands, it is expedient that per- 

 sons in the actual occupation of these lands, or 

 the owners thereof who have the right of killing 

 game thereon, should be allowed to take, kill, and 

 destroy hares without the obtaining of an annual 

 game certificate, or the payment of any duties 

 of assessed taxes which might otherwise be in- 

 curred by the use of dog, gun, net, or other 

 engine for that purpose. The Act provides, ac- 

 cordingly, that any persons in actual occupation 

 of inclosed lands, or any owner thereof who has 

 the right of killing game thereon, or any person 

 directly authorized by him in writing according to 

 the form annexed, shall not, for killing hares, be 



