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Alberta. — According to the last annual report 

 of the Department of Agriculture, published in 

 19 1 9, the number of moose killed in the Province 

 in 1913, the last pre-war year, was 865, while in 

 the five years of the war the number averaged 

 1045 a year. This number is greater than the 

 aggregate yearly kill of Virginia deer, caribou, 

 wapiti, mountain sheep, and mountain goat. 

 Only twenty-four hunters in 191 8 held non-resi- 

 dents' licenses. The figures of game killed do 

 not include moose taken in unorganized districts, 

 north of the 55th parallel. (With respect to 

 game refuges in Alberta, see Appendix, page 

 362.) 



British Columbia. — Fifty - one non - resident 

 hunting licenses were issued in 191 8, against 

 thirty-one in 1917. "Bag limits were obtained, 

 with the exception of mountain goat, in almost 

 every case by hunting parties.'' The kill by non- 

 resident sportsmen in 1919 in the Cassiar District, 

 where the best hunting is found, included sixteen 

 moose. The best specimen had antlers spreading 

 fifty-four inches, with blade fourteen inches wide, 

 and having thirty points. No data are available 

 showing the number of moose killed in British 

 Columbia in any year. Many are destroyed 



