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BULLETIX 1(M9, V. S. DEPAET:MEXT OF AGPJCrLTVEE. 



only as rapidly as actual changes in tlie conditions of wild life justify modifi- 

 cation of The law.-*' 



The returns for 1918 have recently been summarized by "W. S. 

 Carpenter, secretary of the commission, and the resuks made avail- 

 able, as shown in the following table : 



Game taken in Xeic York in 191S. 



Species. 



Cottontail rabbit . . . 465, 590 



Muskrai 399,935 



Skunk 187,703 



Grav sauirrei 115, 013 



Duel: 109,66:3 



Grouse or partridge 41, 757 



Snowshoe rabbit .^ . 36, 170 



Pheasant 35,855 



Ra??oon 25.349 



WoodcoJt 19'. 249 



Red fox 15^ 156 



■Wilson snipe, or 



jacksnipe 11,325 



Black squirrel 11,028 



Quail 8,999 



Mink 8,917 



Fox squirrel 8, 437 



Deer (bucksj 8, 293 



Indi- 

 vidual 



Total 



value. 



value. 



SO. 50 



$232,795.00 



1.50 



599,907.00 



4.00 



750, 812. 00 



.50 



57, 506. -50 



2.00 



219, 326. 00 



2.00 



83,514 00 



1.00 



36,170 00 



3.00 



107, 565. 00 



5.00 



126,745.00 



2.00 



38,498.00 



15. 00 



227,340.00 



.50 



5. 662. .50 



.50 



5, 514. 00 



2.00 



17, 998. 00 



6.00 



53, 502. 00 



.50 



4,218.50 



75.00 



621. 975. 00 



Total 

 klUed. 



Greater yellovrlegs . . , 3, 556 



Lesser vellowlegs... 2,848 



Gravfox '■ 2,476 



Coot 1,974 



Goose 1,380 



Rail 1,328 



Golden plover 1,214 



Black-bellied plover 1, 045 



Sable, or marten. . . 823 



Otterl 591 



Fisher 396 



Brant 241 



Gallinule 216 



Bear 189 



Bobcat 159 



Sora 82 



Total 1,526,960 



Indi- 

 vidual 

 value. 



' Total 

 value. 



SO. 50 



$1,778.00 



.50 



1,424.00 



2.00 



4,952.00 



.50 



987. 00 



3.00 



4,140.00 



.50 



664.00 



.50 



607.00 



.50 



522.50 



4.00 



3,292.00 



25.00 



14, 775. 00 



25.00 



9,900.00 



3.00 



723.00 



.50 



108.00 



25.00 



4,725.00 



10.00 



1, 590. 00 



.50 



41.00 





3,239,277.00 



In Canada several of the Provinces have attempted to collect sta- 

 tistics by requiring a return from hunters holding big-game licenses. 

 This system has been in operation in Manitoba since 1905. in Alberta 

 and Xova Scotia since 1907. in Xew Brunswick since 1908. and in 

 British Columbia since 1913. and has furnished valuable figures re- 

 garding the numbers of big game killed. Experience has shown 

 that ordinarily at first a large proportion of the licensees fail to 

 make the return and that it is almost impossible to obtain figures 

 from delinquents who are nonresidents or from residents who haA'e 

 moved or left the Province. Following are the figures for Xova 

 Scotia : 



Big game killed in Xova Scotia, 1908 to 1920. 



[From report game commissioner for 1920, pp. 22-30.] 



Year. 



Deer. 



Moose. 





Year. 



Deer. 



Moose. 



1908 ! 



1688 

 405 

 509 

 617 

 678 

 704 

 1,095 

 1,208 



' 1916. 

 1917. 

 1918. 

 1919. 

 1920. 



Total 



154 

 101 

 69 

 198 

 125 



1,331 



1903 



1,363 



1910 : 



1,241 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1 



1,277 

 1,361 



647 



12,477 



1 Includes 240 cows. 



1" I'ratt, George T>., Checking np New York's game resources : Bull, 

 lective Assn., vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 11-14. October, 1918. 



Amer. Game Pro- 



