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bill allowed the killing of cow caribou, and the cold storage and 

 sale all the year of moose, caribou and white mountain sheep 

 meat. The bill was referred to the Committee on Territories. 



Dec. 17. — Mr. Zenas Crane, one of the subscribers to the Permanent 

 Wild Life Protection Fund, died at his home at Dalton, Mass. 



1918 



Jan. 6. — The New York State Conservation Commission reported 

 that during the month of November, 1917, the state game 

 protectors scored a high record, having reported 501 violations 

 of the game laws, only five of which resulted in acquittal. Two 

 others were canceled and four were still under investigation. 

 The remaining 490 cases yielded $7,752.06 in fines. 



Jan. 17. — The House Committee on Foreign Affairs rendered a 

 favorable report on the enabling act for the migratory bird 

 treaty and recommended that it be passed. 



Feb. 5 and 6. — Hearings were held before the House Committee on 

 Territories to consider House bill No. 7344, at which statements 

 in support of the bill were made by Delegate Charles A. Sulzer, 

 E. W. Nelson, Chief of the Biological Survey, Charles Sheldon, 

 Vice-President of the Boone and Crockett Club, and Thomas 

 Riggs, Jr., now governor of Alaska. 



Feb. 26. — A second hearing was held by the Committee on Territories 

 on the Sulzer bill (H. R. 7344), on which occasion statements 

 were made by Charles A. Sulzer and Charles Sheldon in favor 

 of the bill, and Belmore Browne, Marshall Scull, and W. T. Horn- 

 aday in opposition to the bill. 



Mar. 5. — A third hearing was held by the Committee on Territories 

 on the Sulzer bill, on which occasion Thomas Riggs, Jr., ap- 

 peared and made a further statement in support of the bill. 



Mar. 6. — C. L. Andrews, long a resident and an official in Alaska, 

 reports in correspondence that the whales of Bering Sea and 

 the north coast of Alaska are increasing in number. He states 

 that for 15 or 20 years previous whale have been so scarce that 

 few whalers have fitted out expeditions to pursue them and on 

 account of the cessation of whale-hunting, the herds have slowly 

 increased in numbers until now whale meat is a factor of native 

 food as far up as Point Barrow. 



Mar. 12. — At the annual meeting of the Royal Society for the Pro- 

 tection of Birds held at the Guildhall, Westminster, the gold medal 

 of the Society was awarded to Dr. W. T. Hornaday and Dr. C. 

 Gordon Hewitt for their work in connection with the migratory 

 bird treaty between the United States and Canada. 



Mar. 31. — Gov. Edge, of New Jersey, signed a bill, introduced by 

 Assemblyman Tattersall, of Passaic County, making it illegal to 

 kill or pursue birds or animals with the aid of automobiles. The 

 penalty for violations of the act is $50 for each offence. 



