Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1899 — EXPORT OF DEER. [ARTICLE]

EXPORT OF DEER.

Baited States * ports men Can Now Take A war Tkelr Kill. Last session an act was passed by the Canadian Government, mainly at the instance of the Canadian railway companies and the game wardens empowering the Government by an order-in-coun-cil, to permit the exportation of deer from Canada. This authority has been acted upon, and the following regulation promulgated by the Minister of Customs: “Deer when shot for sport under provincial or territorial authority in Canada, by any person not domiciled in Canada; may be exported under the following conditions and limitations: “The deer may be exported only at the customs ports of Halifax, N. S.; Yarmouth, N. S.; Macadam Junction, N. B.; Quebec, Que.; Montreal, Que.; Ottawa, Ont.; Kingston, Ont.; Niagara Falls, Ont.; Fort Erie, Ont.; Windsor, Ont.; Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.; Port Arthur, Ont., and such other ports as shall from time to time by the Minister of Customs be designated for the export of deer. “The exportation of deer in the carcass or parts thereof (except as to cured deer heads and hides of deer), shall be permitted only during or within fifteen days after the 'open season’ allowed for shooting deer under the laws of the province or territory where the deer to be exported has been shot. “No person shall in one year export more than the whole or parts of two deer, nor shall exportation of such deer be made by the same person on more than ’ two; occasions during one calendar year. “Deer in the carcass or any part thereof which has been killed in contravention of any provincial or territorial law shall not be ex[>orted, nor shall any deer in the carcass or parts thereof be exported without the permit of the collector of customs accompanying the shipment. “A person not domiciled in Canada, who has shot deer for sport and pot for gain or hire; under provincial or territorial authority may make an export entry in duplicate of deer in the carcass or parts thereof so shot by him and allowed to be exported—upon subscribing and attesting before a collector of customs a declaration. “The exporter shall produce, bis license or permit for shooting deer under provincial or territorial authority to the collector of customs before, the exportation of the deer and the collector shall indorse thereon a description of the quantity and parts entered for exportation. “The collector of customs at any customs port of entry designated for the export of deer, upon receiving the said export entries duly completed, may thereupon under the seal of the custom house, issue his permit for the exportation of the deer, if satisfied as to the identity of the sportsman and that the exportation is not prohibited.” The greatest deer country in America lies in the “Highlands of Ontario” and large numbers from the United States annually make this locality their rendezvous. The new laws will be appreciated by American sportsmen.