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4. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council in any year as to him shall seem expedient for the preservation of game either to suspend the issue of any licences to kill game, or for the preservation of pheasants to limit the licences issued to the shooting of COLONIE. partridges and rabbits only.

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5. The sums of money payable to the Receiver-General for licences to kill be as follows:

game shall For a licence to kill pheasants, partridges, and rabbits from 1st April to 15th May, the sum of three pounds."

For a licence to kill partridges and rabbits from the 1st April to the 15th May, in those years when the Governor may have suspended the issue of licences to kill pheasants, the sum of two pounds.

6. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council at any time or times to declare (such declaration to be signified in the licence) that any part or parts of the Crown lands, or of any private lands (the proprietors thereof consenting thereto) which to him shall seem expedient shall be set apart for the preservation of game; and any person whatsoever who shall kill or destroy any game, or use any dog, gun, or engine for the purpose of searching for or killing any game on the lands so declared to be set apart for the preservation of game, shall on conviction thereof before two Justices of the Peace forfeit and pay for every such offence such sum of money not exceeding ten pounds, as to such Justices shall seem meet.

7. It shall be lawful for all persons who shall have taken out a license to kill game to sport over all of such waste lands of the Crown as shall not have been declared preserves as aforesaid.

. In all cases where any person shall occupy any land under any lease or agreement tenant test as well the landlord as the person so occupying, they being duly licensed, shall have the right of killing or taking game upon the said land except where such right has been expressly disallowed by such lease or agreement.

9. If any person whatsoever shall commit any trespass by entering or being upon any land in search of or pursuit of game, such person on conviction thereof before two Justices of the Peace shall forfeit and pay such sum of money not exceeding two pounds as to such Justices shall seem ineet. Provided that if any person who shall so be found trespassing shall refuse forthwith to quit the said land when lawfully required so to do, Petuity for shall offend by afterwards wilfully returning upon the said land, it shall be lawful for the party so requiring as aforesaid, and also for any person acting by his order and in his aid to apprehend such offender and to convey him, or cause him to be conveyed as soon as conveniently may be before a Justice of the Peace, and such offender (whether so apprehended or not) upon being convicted of any such offence before a Justice of the Peace shall forfeit and pay such sum of money not exceeding five pounds as to the convicting Justice shall seem meet.

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10. If any person shall kill or take any game or use any dog, net, gun, or other engine stroying game or instrument for the purpose of searching for or killing or taking game, such person not being authorized so to do for want of a licence, every such person shall on conviction thereof before two Justices of the Peace forfeit and pay for every such offence such sum of money not exceeding ten pounds nor less than three pounds as to the said Justices

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shall seem meet.

11. Any person who shall sell or offer for sale any game and any person who shall buy the same shall on conviction before two Justices of the Peace forfeit and pay for every head of game so sold or offered for sale, and for every head of game so bought, such sum of money not exceeding two pounds as to the Justices shall seem meet.

12. If any person shall wilfully take out of the nest or destroy in the nest the eggs taking eggs of of any bird or game, or shall knowingly have in his or her possession any such eggs gatne so taken, every such person shall on conviction thereof before any two Justices of the Peace forfeit and pay for every egg so taken or destroyed, or so found in his or her possession, such sum of money not exceeding five shillings as to the said Justices shall seem meet.

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Forfeiture

of licen for

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Kamu law.

13. If any person whatsoever shall kill or take any game, or use any dog, gun, net, or other engine or instrument for the purpose of killing or taking any game on a Sunday such person shall on conviction thereof before two Justices of the Peace forfeit and pay for every such offence such sum of money not exceeding five pounds as to the said Justices shall seem meet.

14. If any person licensed to shoot game by virtue of this Ordinance shall during the period of such licence be convicted of any offence whatever against the provisions of this Ordinance, the licence issued to the person so offending shall be forfeited.

15. One moiety of every penalty and forfeiture for any offence against this Ordinance

AND ALSO AS TO PRESERVATION OF GAME.

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shall be paid to the person or persons upon whose information the offender shall have been convicted.

16. The word "Game" shall for all the purposes of this Ordinance be deemed to include pheasants, partridges, and rabbits, provided always that any person may shoot rabbits on his own land, or on the lands of those from whom he may receive permission, at any time between the 15th day of May in any year and the 31st day of March following without obtaining a game certificate.

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Given under the Public Seal of the Island of St. Helena, this 24th day of December, be deeme in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and sixty-eight.

By command of his Excellency the Governor

(Signed) H. R. Jaxisen, Acting Colonial Secretary.

(Signed)

God save the Queen.

No. 1, of 1870.

CHARLES ELLIOT.

AN ORDINANCE by the Governor of St. Helena to extend the Period of Licences to Shoot Game.

WHEREAS, by an Ordinance, No. 3, of 1868, made and passed on the 24th of December, 1868, entitled "An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the laws relating to Game,' the period for killing game is therein fixed from 1st April to 15th May, and whereas certain landholders and sportsmen of this island have made application to his Excellency the Governor to extend the period for shooting game to three months as formerly, and it is expedient to comply with their request provisionally, Be it enacted, as follows:-

1. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to order the issue of licences to kill

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Shooting

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partridges and rabbits from the 1st March to the 31st May, and pheasants from the beach for 15th April to the 31st May in any year on payment to the Receiver-General of the three months. sum of three pounds.

2. So much of the before-mentioned Ordinance as provides that any person may shoot rabbits in his own land or on the lands of those from whom he may receive permission at any time between the 15th day of May in any year and the 31st day of March following without obtaining a game certificate, shall be and the same is hereby repealed; and it is hereby enacted that any person may shoot rabbits on his own land or on the be shot under lands of those from whom he may receive permission at any time between the 31st day certain can of May in any year and the 1st day of March following without obtaining a game ditions with- certificate.

Rabbits may

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certificate.

3. Whenever in any year it shall appear to the Governor to be expedient for the pre-sofy servation of game to limit or to suspend the issue of licences to kill game then and during be limited or any such year, all the provisions of the before mentioned Ordinance, No. 3, of 1868, shall ended. remain and continue in full force.

Ordinances

4. And whereas the welfare of Her Majesty's subjects within the said island urgently to have im- requires that this Ordinance should have immediate operation therein, Be it therefore mediate opera enacted that this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of tion. the promulgation thereof.

Given under the Public Seal of the Island of St. Helena, this 28th day of February, 1870.

By command of his Excellency the Governor.

(Signed) II. R. JANISCH, Colonial Secretary.

(Signed) CHARLES G. E. PATEY.

God save the Queen.

No. 32.

HELIGOLAND.

[Not received.]

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