/{$.(> '^ 8. R. A.— B. 8. 18. March 26, 1918. United States Department of Agriculture, BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY. E. W. Nelson, Chief of Bureau, SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS. REGULATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF DEER ON CERTAIN ISLANDS IN ALASKA. [Effective April 1, 1918.] By virtue of the authority conferred upon the Secretary of Agri- culture by section 2 of the act of May 11, 1908 (35 Stat., 102), en- titled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act for the protection of game in Alaska, and for other purposes,' approved June 7, 1902," regulation 5 of the Regulations for the Protection of Deer, Moose, Caribou, Sheep, and Mountain Goats in Alaska, approved July 24, 1916, and amended July 23, 1917, is hereby further amended, effective April 1, 1918, so as to read as follows: REGULATION 5.— DEER ON CERTAIN ISLANDS. The killing of deer on Kodiak Island and Long Island ; on the following islands in southeastern Alaska: Duke Island, near Dixon Inlet, Gravina Island, near Ketchikan, Kruzof Island, west of Sitka, San Juan Island and Suemez Island, near Klawak, and Zerembo Island, near Wrangell; and on the islands of Hawkins, Hinchinbrook, and Montague, in Prince William Sound, is hereby prohibited until August 1, 1919. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Department of Agriculture to be afhxed this 13th day of March, 1918. [seal.] Clarence Ousley, Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 48576°— 18 WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE \ 191S UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Illilll 3 1262 09218 4786