APPENDIX. 



NOTES ON THE "GAME LAWS." 



1. The right to the game, rabbits, woodcocks, snipes, &c., upon any land, belongs 

 to the tenant or occupier of the soil, unless he has made an agreement by which h« 

 foregoes that right. But if, after so doing, he breaks his agreement, either by killing 

 the game himself, or by giving permission, to others to do so, he becomes liable to a 

 fine of 2/., and i/. additional for each head of game killed ; and any permission which 

 he has given will not shield from prosecution the person who has acted under it. 



2. Every occupier of land (whether he be owner or tenant) has the right to kill hares 

 and /rabbits on the land in his occupation, notwithstanding that the shooting maybe 

 reserved or let .to any other person ; and the occupier cannot divest himself of this 

 concurrent right, even though he wishes to let the shooting in its entirety, for any 

 agreement to do so is rendered void by the terms of the Act 



~3. The license or certificate to kill game differs in cost according to the length of 

 time for which it is taken out. Thus, if taken out on or after the ist of August, to 

 expire on the srst of July of the following year, the cost of the certificate, which is 

 printed on red paper, is 3/. ; if taken out as above, but to expire on the 31st of October, 

 the cost will be ■il., and the certificate green ; if taken out on or after the ist of Novem- 

 ber, and to expire on the 31st of July, the certificate will be yellow, and the cost also 

 2/. A game license for fourteen days costs i/., and the colour is white. 



4. The peftalty for trespass in the day time (which begins one hour before sunrise 

 and ends one hour after sunset) in pursuit of game, rabbits, &c. , is 2/. and costs. Any 

 person who shall take or destroy game or rabbits by night (which begins one hour after 

 simset and ends one hour before sunrise) is liable to three months' imprisonment for 

 tlie first offence, and six months for the second, and to find sureties for twelve months 

 in the first case, and two years in the next ; arid if he offends a third time he becomes 

 liable to be sentenced to penal servitude. 



> ■ For Note oh Wild Birds Protection Acts 1880, 1881, seepage 60 {March xst). 



NOTES ON THE "FRESHWATER FISHERIES ACT, 1878." 



, I. It is illegal : — to fish for, catch, or attempt to catch or kill, or buy or sell, trout or 

 char during the close season between 2nd October and ist February following, or 

 during any close season which by By-law may be substituted for the same ; or to 

 have in possession any instrument for the purpose of catching or killing trout or char ; 

 or to have in possession, or buy or sell, any trout or char roe. 



2. To fish for, catch, or attempt to catch or kill, or buy or sell, any " freshwater 

 fish " between 15th March and 15th June, both inclusive. "Freshwater fish " include 

 all freshwater non-migratory fish other than poUan, trout, and char. This prohibition 

 does not apply to owners of special preserves ; to persons angUng in private waters 

 with the leave of the owner, or in public waters with the leave'of the Local Conserva- 

 tors, or in, districts exempted by a Local Board with the approval of the Secretary of 

 State ; nor to persons taking freshwater fish for scientific purposes. 



3. To use any dynamite or other explosive substance for catching or destroying fish. 



Note.— The counties of Norfolk and Suffolk are placed under a seperate Act. 

 For the provisions of the Salmon Fisheries Acts see Walpole's " Manual of the 

 Law of Salmon Fisheries in, England and Wales." 1 



