The most destructive of the carnivora are lions, leopards, chitas, hunting dogs, caracals and servals. Baboons, porcupines, &c., being destructive in various ways, are considered to be vermin. Vermin have perceptibly decreased during the last few years, in spite of the fact that the game has increased at the rate of fully 10 per cent, per annum. About 1,500 head of vermin, on an average, are destroyed annually. The figures for 1910 included 21 lions, 24 leopards, 31 wild dogs, &c., the balance being made up of chetahs, caracals, servals, civets, genets, wild cats, hyenas, jackals, otters, baboons, crocodiles, pythons and birds of prey. There were 133 prosecutions for infringement of the regulations, all against natives. Dr. Charles W. Townsend, Boston, Mass., an eminent ornithologist, says: I have just read with much interest your Address on _Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador_, and wish to tell you how fully I agree with you, not only as to the importance of stopping the destruction in Labrador before it is too late, but also in the value of animal sanctuaries in general and of Labrador in particular. I sincerely hope you will succeed in your good work. In the _Birds of Labrador_, 1907, Boston Society of Natural History, by Mr. Glover, Mr. Allen and myself, we called especial attention to the great destruction of life that has gone on and is still going on there, and we suggested the protection of the eiders for their down, as is done in Norway, instead of their extermination, the present course. Commander W. Wakeham, of the Department of Marine, says: No one can question the desirability of having certain areas set apart, where wild animals may find asylum, and rest....