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The functions of the newly-created Advisory Board con- 

 sist in giving advice to the government of Canada regarding 

 the protection and utilization of the wild life of Canada and 

 the northwest territories; of advising in the administration of 

 the Northwest Game Act, and also concerning the enforcement 

 of the international treaty for the protection of migratory 

 birds now in existence between Canada and the United States. 



Dec. 31. — In the annual report of game killed in the National For- 

 ests of New Mexico and Arizona during the open season of 

 1916, the U. S. Forest Service gives the following figures: In 

 New Mexico: Deer, 618; turkey, 549; bear, 37; coyotes, 1,084; 

 wolves, 117; lions, 4 8. In Arizona: Deer, 827; turkey, 344; 

 bear, 25; coyotes, 280; wolves, 28; lions, 39. 



1916. 



The Canadian Commission of Conservation, on the recom- 

 mendation of Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, adopted a resolution call- 

 ing for the amendment of the Northwest Game Act, to provide 

 greater protection for the Barren Ground caribou and musk-ox, 

 and the provision of reserved areas for the latter animal. 



The Province of Ontario amended its game laws, providing 

 among other things for the following: (1), the prohibition of 

 the sale or purchase of game; and (2), the prohibition of the 

 carrying of arms by employees in lumber camps, a practice 

 which has been responsible for the destruction of large quan- 

 tities of game, such as deer and moose, in many parts of 

 Ontario. 



The Province of Manitoba created a large game preserve 

 known as the Cedar Lake Reserve, northwest of the northern 

 end of Lake Winnipeg, and 3,240 square miles in area. In 

 this region wild fowl breed in very great numbers. Addi- 

 tional wild life preserves were declared by the Province of 

 Saskatchewan. 



1917. 



The Province of Manitoba amended its game laws, and in 

 addition to other progressive steps declared an absolute close 

 season on wapiti. The seasons on prairie chicken and grouse 

 were also closed indefinitely. 



The Province of Alberta decided to extend the close season 

 on antelope to 1922. 



The Dominion Government appointed as Consulting Zoolo- 

 gist, Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt (Dominion Entomologist), the 

 duties of the office being to advise in the protection of birds 

 and mammals, and in the treatment of noxious species. 



In March, 1917, the buffalo enclosed in the Dominion 

 Parks had reached the following numbers: 



Buffalo Park, Wainwright, Alta 2,470 



Elk Island Park, Alta 125 



Rocky Mountains Park, Banff, Alta 16 



Total, 2,611 



