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 S. R. A. — B. S. 15. Issued August 1, 1917 
 
 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
 
 BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY. 
 
 E. \V. Nelson, Chief of Bureau. 
 
 SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
 
 AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF DEER, 
 MOOSE, CARIBOU, SHEEP, AND MOUNTAIN GOATS IN ALASKA. 
 
 [Approved July 23, 1917.] 
 
 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, is hereby amended, effective August 1, 1917, to read as follows: 
 
 REGULATION 5.— DEER ON CERTAIN ISLANDS. 
 
 The killing of deer on Kodiak Island and Long Island, and the killing of 
 deer 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 Klaw; k : and Zerembo Island, near Wrangell, is 
 hereby prohibited until August 1. 1918; and the killing of deer on the islands 
 of Hinchinhrook and Montague, in Prince William Sound, is hereby prohibited 
 until August 1, 1919. 
 
 The said Regulations for the Protection of Deer, Moose, Caribou, 
 Sheep, and Mountain Goats in Alaska, approved July 24, 1916, are 
 hereby further amended, effective August 1, 1917, by the addition 
 of a regulation numbered 9, as follows : 
 
 REGULATION 9.— EWES AND LAMBS. 
 
 The killing of female mountain sheep or Lambs on the Kenai Peninsula and 
 in that part of Alaska north of latitude 00° and west of longitude 141° 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 affixed this 23d day of 
 July, 1917. 
 
 [seal.] D. F. Houston, 
 
 Secretary of Agriculture. 
 
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