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Página 13 - Those who visit Canada to hunt, camp, etc., must deposit with the customs officer at the port of entry an amount equal to the duty (30 per cent of appraised value) on their guns, canoes, tents, cooking utensils, and kodaks. If these articles are taken out within six months at the same port, the deposit will be returned. But members of shooting or fishing clubs that own preserves in Canada and have filed a guaranty with the Canadian commissioner of customs may present club membership certificates...
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Página 20 - Bureau, that the total value of all farm crops in Maine for the year 1899 was $21,954,054. Thus it will be seen that the total amount of money spent in Maine this year by non-resident fishermen summer visitors and hunters is more than 30 per cent of the total value of all farm crops raised in Maine in the year 1899, the last year of which we have any report.
Página 30 - ST. PAUL, MINN. This education must begin in our public schools. Every boy is a born bird student, but his natural methods are too destructive for the birds. In the nature study work children must learn the habits of our common birds and must learn of the benefits that the birds render us. Give them glimpses of the work of our birds, how they build their little homes, care for their young and defend them at the risk of their own lives. Show them to what...
Página 11 - ... the few dollars it may bring to the individual hunter, or in the money it may contribute to the State treasury, but in the benefits it confers on the people at large by furnishing them an incentive to recreation and health. Moreover, it may serve as an attraction to persons from other states, who, in the pursuit of pleasure, spend far more than the intrinsic value of the game they kill, and who often by this means become familiar with natural resources and opportunities for investment that otherwise...
Página 21 - In all times of business depressions and distress, financial panics and consequent unemployment of labor, so seriously affecting the country, the State of Maine has suffered much less than any other State in the American Union, mostly, if not entirely, due to the large amount of money left with us by the fishermen, the summer tourist, and the fall hunter — the seeker after change, rest, and recreation.
Página 14 - Washington, and Manitoba, of all big game and upland game. In a few instances prohibitions against the sale of certain game are so general as to afford protection over a considerable area in adjoining States. Thus, ruffed grouse can not be sold in any State or Province along the Canadian border except...
Página 13 - Florida for deer, quail, and turkeys, and in South Dakota for big game. In Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin licenses carry with them the privilege of shipping out of the State a limited amount of game, but generally require that it shall be properly marked or accompanied by the owner. Colorado issues storage licenses at $1, importation licenses at $1, and park licenses at $1 to $100. California, Colorado, Illinois...
Página 14 - Thirty states and territories, and most of the Provinces of Canada, now prohibit the sale of all or certain kinds of game at all seasons. There has been a steady increase in the prohibitions against sale, and during the past two years such provisions have been enacted by Arizona, California, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Quebec. In Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Montana and Nevada, the sale of all...
Página 13 - PI. VI.) Licenses are generally issued only for the season, and thus expire at a fixed date. In six States — Florida, Iowa, Maryland, South Dakota, Washington, and West Virginia — they are good only in a single county, and the fees for these county licenses vary from $1 to $25. In Nebraska a resident is required to secure a license to hunt in any county other than that in which he resides. In Maryland there is much variation, as each county is subject to a separate law; Allegany...

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