CO129-476 - Acting Governor Claud Severn & Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [8-12] — Page 105

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Section 8 corresponds to section 7 of the former Ordinance.

9.

Section 9 replaces section 8 of the former Ordinance,

object is to prevent netting for the market. Under section

The

season.

9(2) and regulation 3 the sale of live partridges and pheasants

taken outside the Colony is allowed except in a certain prohibited

This prohibited season is roughly that during which

the birds mate and breed, and their young become fully fledged.

The local close season has been made longer in order to reduce the

number of birds shot, as the number of guns is excessive for the

shooting area of the Colony. The local open season corresponds

roughly with the period in which the cock partridge ceases to utter

his piercing call and in which therefore finding birds is a matter

of hard work and good dogs. The section refers only to par-

tridges and pheasants.

10. It will be noticed that pheasants are not allowed to be shot

at all. There are no pheasants in the Colony at present, but it

is proposed to lay some down shortly, and it is desired that they

should be absolutely protected for the present.

11.

Section 10 is taken from section 9 of the former Ordinance.

12.

Section 11 corresponds to section 10 of the former Ordinance.

13.

Section 12 replaces condition 8 of the former licence,

gives expresspower to the magistrate to award compensation.

and

14.

Section 13 corresponds to section 11 of the former ordinance.

15.

Section 14 corresponds to section 12 of the former Ordinance.

16.

Section 15 replaces sections13 and 14 of the former Ordinance.

It gives a more general power of making regulations.

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