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valiiahlc only f(»r their fur (except otters, .Mkunki^, woodchuck, raccoon, weasels, 
heai-s, wolves, loup-cerviers, wildcats, an<l foxes), Canada and ruffed grouse, com- 
inoidy called i)artri<ljj:e, piieasants, ])lackcock, capercailzie, ptarmigan, sharp-tailed 
gnjuse, woodcock, 8nij>e, hlue-winged ducks, teal, and wood-ducks. 
Sale of moose or caribou: [Sec] 9. Every person who brings or sends the carcase 
of a moose or caribou to the city of Halifax or any incorporated town for sale, shall 
bring or send together therewith the neck and forelegs of such moose or caribou, and 
shall retain and keep tlie same exj)osed, together with the meat so offered for sale, 
and any failure to do so shall l)e a violation of ihis section. 
(2.) Any otiicer, member or agent of the (jame and Inland Fishery Protection 
Society of Nova Scotia, any game commissioner, or any police or detective officer or 
constable, shall have the right, and it shall be his duty, to examine any carcase or 
part of a carcase of a moose or caribou wherever found or seen, and generally to make 
such search or enquiry as may be necessary for the purpose of ascertaining whether 
or not there has i)een a violation of this section; he shall also have the right, and it 
shall be his duty, to mark such neck and forelegs in such a manner as to render the 
same easy of identification; and any one who olMructs, impedes or interferes with 
such officer, member, agent, or other person in the discharge of his duty, or refuses 
to give him information or help if requested, shall be guilty of a violation of this 
section. 
(3. ) Any person violating this section shall be lial)le on conviction to a penalty not 
exceeding fifty <lollars. 
Licenses: [Sec] 23. Any game mentioned in this Act may l)e killed or taken at 
any time for purposes of scientific investigation, and the eggs of game birds i)ro- 
cured for propagation, a special license, setting f<jrth the particular purpose of the 
inquiry, and signed by the Provincial Secretary, or his deputy, having l)een first 
obtained for that purpose from the Provincial Secretary's office. 
Passed February 15, 1896. 
ONTARIO. 
Statutes of Ontario, 63 Vic, 1900, chap. — . 
Game defined: [Sec] 2. — (1) The expressions "game animal" and "game bird" 
wherever the same occur in this Act, shall mean a bird or animal protected by the 
provisions of this Act. [Deer, moose, reindeer or caribou, elk or wapiti, black and 
grey squirrels, hare, cotton-tail rabbit, beaver, otter, muskrat; grouse, pheasant, 
prairie fowl or partridge, woodcock, quail, wild turkey, swan, goose, duck or other 
water fowl, snipe, rail, plover or other shore birds.] R. S. O. 1897, c. 287, s. 2. 
Special protection: [Sec] 7. . (2) If at any time it shall appear that any migra- 
tory game bird is in danger of extinction, an<l that the hunting, shooting and sale 
thereof has been, or is about to be, l)y law forbidden in any two or more of the 
United States of America lying to the south of the Province of Ontario, one of such 
States l)eing the State of New York or the State of Pennsylvania or the State of 
Michigan, the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council may by Order-in-Council in like 
manner protect such migratory g-ame bird in this Province for the period in which 
the same is j)rotecte(l in such Stiites. 
(3) If at any time it shall appear that any game animal or non-migratory game 
bird has for any reason ])e(()me so diminishe<l in numbers in this Province as to 
recjuire further protection than is afforded thereto by the provisions of this Act, the 
Lieutenant-(iovernor-in-(\)uncil may l)y Order-in-Council forbid the hunting, shoot- 
ing and sale then'of during any year or season in which such hunting, shooting and 
sale would under the provisions of this Act be lawful. 
Hunting for hire: [Sec] 12. No jx'rson shall for hire, gain or ho|>e of reward, 
hunt, kill or shoot any game birds or animals, or employ, hire or for valuable con- 
