APPENDIX 



BXTEACT PROM THE TASMANIAN GAME PEOTECTION 

 ACT 1907, being "An Act to consolidate and amend the 

 Laws relating to the Protection of Game, and for other 

 purposes." 



1. This Act may be cited as " The Game Protection Act 1907." 



2. (1) The Acts mentioned in the Schedule (1) are hereby 

 repealed. 



3. In this Act, unless the context otherwise determines-- 

 "Imported game" means and includes Wonga Wonga 



Pigeon [LeuGosarcia pioata), Pheasants, Partridges, 

 and Grouse, whether the same are alive or dead, and 

 any other bird or animal which the Governor by 

 proclamation as hereinafter provided declares to be 

 imported gam-.e. 



" Mutton -Bird " means the Short-tailed Petrel {Puffinus 

 tenuirostris). 



"Native game" means and includes Wild Ducks (other 

 than Musk-Ducks), Teal, Widgeon, Quail, Plover, 

 Black Swans, Wattle-Birds, Cape Barren Geese, 

 Bronze-winged Pigeons, and Brush Bronze-winged 

 Pigeons, whether such birds are alive or dead, and any 

 other bird, whether such bird is alive or dead, which 

 ■the Governor by proclamation as hereinafter provided 

 shall declare to be native game. 



Quail ' ' includes the bird usually called the Cahfornian 

 Quail. 



" Tasmania" includes the dependencies thereof. 



4. It shall be lawful for the Governor, by proclamation, to 

 name any other bird or animal which shall be included in the term 

 "imported game" or "native game"; and after the publication 

 of any such proclamation in the Qazette, and after the expiration 

 of the period mentioned in such proclamation for the commence- 

 ment thereof, the bird or animal so named shall be included in the 

 term " imported game " or " native game " as the case may be. 



