Aug. 12—Dee. 9 sible for the introduction of such regulations, and can only express. surprise that competent authority was not consulted in the matter who, I am sure, could and would have drawn up' regulations which would not have been condemned by, all local sportsmen as being stupid to the nth degree. What may be vight in the Nagasaki district of Japan—where there are no fights, of migratory game birds—eertainly are vexatious and irksome in the, extreme in this part of China, Why adopt the game laws of n certain istrict of Japan for the whole of China anyway—why not the game Inws of Great Britain, which exist ed for centuries before Japanfpse Kame Inws were even thought "of, and which have proven entirely. satisfactory?
Autumn snipe are now in, and sportsmen are deprived of the opportunity of healthy exerei stupidity ported Japs and of equally. igno the Legislative Yuan, who approved same for use in China, The sooner the present Japanese game laws become a dead letter and replaced by suitable ones, say British laws with one or two slight modifications, the better it will be.
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