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of State may direct, or as the Council may think expedient, with 

 a view to making the order known to the public. 



It does not need much reflection to he convinced that the 

 machinery which will have to be put in force before a " protection 

 order", can be obtained is of a much more intricate and costly 

 nature than the simple " summons" under the old Act. Whether 

 many people will attempt to put this machinery in motion, the 

 cost of which may be chargeable on the rates, remains to be seen, 

 We confess that we are not over sanguine on the subject. At the 

 same time, we shall be very glad if, contrary to our expectations, 

 the new Act proves workable, and acceptable, and produces in 

 time the good results which our legislators claim for it. 



The following is the text of the Act (57 & 58 Vict. c. 24), 

 which received the Royal assent on the 20th July last, and was 

 issued too late to appear in our August number : — 



An Act to amend the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1880. 



Be it hereby enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, 

 by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and 

 Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, 

 and by the authority of the same, as follows : 



1. Short title and construction.— This Act may for all purposes 

 be cited as the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1894, and shall be 

 construed as one with the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1880 

 (hereinafter referred to as " the principal Act"), except as herein- 

 after provided. 



2. Prohibition of taking or destroying Eggs. — A Secretary of 

 State may, after the passing of this Act, upon application by the 

 County Council of any administrative county by order prohibit — 



(1). The taking or destroying of wild birds' eggs in any year 

 or years in any place or places within that county ; or 



(2). The taking or destroying the eggs of any specified kind 

 of wild birds within that county or part or parts thereof, 

 as recommended by the said County Council and set forth 

 in the said order. 



(8). The application by the County Council shall specify the 

 limits of the place or places, or otherwise, the particular 

 species of wild birds to which it is proposed that any 

 prohibition in the order is to apply, and shall set forth the 

 reasons on account of which the application is made. 



