﻿HUNTING 
  LICENSES 
  IN 
  FOREIGN 
  COUNTRIES. 
  

  

  For 
  purposes 
  of 
  comparison 
  with 
  the 
  license 
  system 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  and 
  Canada, 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  fees, 
  reference 
  may 
  

   be 
  made 
  briefly 
  to 
  the 
  conditions 
  surrounding 
  hunting 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  foreign 
  

   countries. 
  In 
  general 
  it 
  ma}^ 
  perhaps 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  hunting 
  licenses 
  

   are 
  required 
  in 
  a 
  majority 
  of 
  civilized 
  countries, 
  except 
  those 
  under 
  

   the 
  control 
  of 
  Spanish-speaking 
  nations. 
  In 
  Europe 
  licenses 
  to 
  hunt 
  

   or 
  to 
  carry 
  firearms 
  are 
  generally 
  required, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  countries, 
  as 
  

   for 
  example, 
  Prussia, 
  distinctions 
  are 
  made 
  between 
  residents 
  and 
  

   nonresidents. 
  Without 
  going 
  into 
  the 
  subject 
  in 
  detail 
  it 
  will 
  suffice 
  

   to 
  mention 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  illustration 
  the 
  license 
  systems 
  of 
  Great 
  Britain 
  

   and 
  Germany 
  for 
  Europe, 
  Japan 
  for 
  Asia, 
  New 
  Zealand 
  for 
  Australasia, 
  

   and 
  the 
  colonies 
  of 
  German 
  East 
  and 
  Southwest 
  Africa, 
  Sudan, 
  and 
  

   Transvaal 
  for 
  Africa. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  observed 
  that 
  the 
  issue 
  of 
  hunt- 
  

   ing 
  licenses 
  is 
  not 
  restricted 
  to 
  the 
  older 
  countries 
  of 
  Europe 
  where 
  

   game 
  is 
  scarce, 
  but 
  has 
  been 
  extended 
  to 
  colonies 
  in 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  Africa 
  

   which 
  have 
  only 
  recently 
  come 
  under 
  European 
  control 
  and 
  where 
  

   large 
  game 
  is 
  more 
  abundant 
  than 
  anywhere 
  else 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  GREAT 
  BRITAIN. 
  

  

  For 
  shooting 
  in 
  Great 
  Britain 
  three 
  or 
  even 
  four 
  licenses 
  must 
  be 
  

   taken 
  into 
  consideration. 
  Separate 
  licenses 
  are 
  required 
  for 
  killing 
  

   game, 
  for 
  carrying 
  a 
  gun, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  a 
  dog, 
  and 
  in 
  addition, 
  a 
  

   gamekeeper's 
  license 
  ma}^ 
  be 
  necessary. 
  Game 
  and 
  gun 
  licenses 
  are 
  

   the 
  only 
  ones 
  requiring 
  consideration 
  in 
  this 
  connection. 
  Both 
  are 
  

   excise 
  licenses, 
  and 
  enforcement 
  of 
  the 
  regulations 
  regarding 
  them 
  is 
  

   in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  commissioners 
  of 
  inland 
  revenue. 
  Under 
  the 
  act 
  

   of 
  1860, 
  u 
  licenses 
  to 
  kill 
  game 
  " 
  a 
  are 
  issued 
  throughout 
  Great 
  Britain 
  

   and 
  Ireland 
  for 
  one 
  year, 
  ending 
  July 
  31, 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  of 
  £3 
  ($15), 
  or 
  for 
  

   a 
  period 
  of 
  six 
  months, 
  at 
  £2 
  ($10), 
  or 
  for 
  fourteen 
  days, 
  at 
  £1 
  ($5). 
  

   These 
  licenses 
  may 
  be 
  obtained 
  at 
  most 
  post-offices. 
  They 
  are 
  not 
  

   required 
  for 
  netting 
  or 
  trapping 
  woodcock 
  and 
  snipe, 
  for 
  capturing 
  

   rabbits 
  and 
  hares, 
  or 
  for 
  hounding 
  or 
  hunting 
  deer 
  on 
  inclosed 
  lands 
  

   with 
  the 
  owner's 
  permission. 
  Members 
  of 
  the 
  Koyal 
  family 
  and 
  the 
  

   King's 
  gamekeepers 
  are 
  exempt 
  from 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  law, 
  and 
  a 
  

   further 
  exemption 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  unarmed 
  assistants 
  of 
  licensees. 
  

  

  « 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  designation 
  in 
  England 
  and 
  Scotland. 
  In 
  Ireland 
  the 
  earlier 
  term 
  of 
  

   ' 
  certificates 
  ' 
  is 
  still 
  retained. 
  

  

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