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  HUNTING 
  LICENSES. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  1870, 
  every 
  person 
  who 
  uses 
  or 
  carries 
  a 
  gun 
  is 
  

   •required 
  to 
  secure 
  a 
  license 
  unless 
  he 
  has 
  a 
  license 
  to 
  kill 
  game. 
  Gun 
  

   licenses 
  may 
  be 
  obtained 
  at 
  money-order 
  offices, 
  and, 
  like 
  game 
  licenses, 
  

   are 
  good 
  throughout 
  the 
  United 
  Kingdom. 
  These 
  licenses 
  are 
  issued 
  

   for 
  one 
  year, 
  expiring 
  July 
  31, 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  of 
  10 
  shillings 
  ($2.50). 
  A 
  

   gun 
  license 
  is 
  not 
  required 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  naval, 
  military, 
  

   or 
  volunteer 
  service, 
  of 
  any 
  person 
  carrying 
  a 
  gun 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  

   holder 
  of 
  a 
  gun 
  or 
  game 
  license, 
  or 
  where 
  guns 
  are 
  used 
  to 
  kill 
  vermin 
  

   or 
  frighten 
  birds 
  by 
  occupants 
  of 
  lands, 
  or 
  are 
  carried 
  by 
  gunsmiths 
  or 
  

   common 
  carriers 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  their 
  regular 
  business. 
  

  

  GERMANY. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  law 
  of 
  July 
  31, 
  1895, 
  several 
  forms 
  of 
  licenses 
  (Jagd- 
  

   scheine) 
  are 
  issued 
  for 
  hunting 
  in 
  Prussia. 
  A 
  resident 
  may 
  obtain 
  an 
  

   annual 
  license 
  on 
  pa}^ment 
  of 
  15 
  marks 
  ($3.75), 
  or 
  one 
  good 
  for 
  three 
  

   da3^s 
  for 
  3 
  marks 
  (75 
  cents). 
  A 
  foreigner 
  or 
  nonresident 
  — 
  that 
  is, 
  a 
  

   person 
  who 
  has 
  no 
  domicile 
  or 
  owns 
  no 
  property 
  in 
  Prussia 
  — 
  must 
  paj^ 
  

   10 
  marks 
  ($10) 
  for 
  an 
  annual 
  license 
  and 
  6 
  marks 
  ($1.50) 
  for 
  a 
  three-day 
  

   license. 
  Officers 
  in 
  the 
  forest 
  service 
  are 
  furnished 
  free 
  licenses 
  good 
  

   for 
  a 
  year. 
  In 
  either 
  case 
  the 
  holder 
  must 
  own 
  land 
  on 
  which 
  he 
  can 
  

   hunt 
  or 
  must 
  have 
  an 
  invitation 
  from 
  some 
  one 
  who 
  owns 
  a 
  preserve. 
  

   Each 
  license 
  has 
  its 
  own 
  distinctive 
  color 
  — 
  yellow 
  for 
  the 
  annual, 
  red 
  

   for 
  the 
  daily, 
  white 
  for 
  the 
  gratuitous, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  colors, 
  but 
  with 
  

   a 
  black 
  background, 
  for 
  the 
  nonresident. 
  Each 
  has 
  a 
  diagram 
  printed 
  

   on 
  the 
  back, 
  showing 
  the 
  open 
  and 
  close 
  seasons 
  for 
  each 
  kind 
  of 
  game, 
  

   and 
  is 
  good 
  throughout 
  Prussia, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Heligoland. 
  

  

  NEW 
  ZEALAND. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  animals 
  protection 
  act 
  of 
  1880 
  hunting 
  game 
  is 
  prohibited 
  

   except 
  under 
  license. 
  These 
  licenses 
  are 
  good 
  only 
  during 
  the 
  open 
  

   season 
  and 
  within 
  the 
  district 
  for 
  which 
  issued. 
  The 
  license 
  fees, 
  

   not 
  to 
  exceed 
  50 
  shillings 
  ($12.50), 
  are 
  fixed 
  by 
  notification 
  of 
  the 
  

   governor. 
  

  

  JAPAN. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  general 
  game 
  law 
  of 
  Japan 
  two 
  series 
  of 
  licenses 
  are 
  

   issued: 
  (A) 
  For 
  capture 
  of 
  live 
  game 
  with 
  net 
  or 
  lime, 
  and 
  (B) 
  for 
  

   killing 
  game 
  with 
  a 
  gun. 
  Each 
  of 
  these 
  licenses 
  is 
  issued 
  in 
  three 
  

   classes, 
  distinguished 
  by 
  different 
  colors,- 
  and 
  these 
  classes 
  are 
  based 
  

   upon 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  taxes 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  holder. 
  First-class 
  licenses 
  

   (buff) 
  are 
  issued 
  to 
  persons 
  paying 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  100 
  yen 
  ($50) 
  income 
  

   tax, 
  500 
  yen 
  ($250) 
  land 
  tax, 
  or 
  150 
  yen 
  ($75) 
  business 
  tax. 
  To 
  such 
  

   persons 
  or 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  their 
  families 
  the 
  fee 
  is 
  20 
  yen 
  ($10). 
  

   Second-class 
  licenses 
  (green) 
  are 
  issued 
  to 
  persons 
  paying 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  

   3 
  yen 
  ($1.50) 
  income 
  tax, 
  30 
  yen 
  ($15) 
  land 
  tax, 
  or 
  20 
  yen 
  ($10) 
  business 
  

  

  