§ 60. Colonel APPLINasked the Home Secretary the names of the county boroughs that have issued local orders under the Wild Birds Protection Acts, 1880 to 1908, extending the close time after the 1st August, and give a list of those county boroughs who have also made additions to the 1880 schedule?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSAs the answer is somewhat long, I will circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ County boroughs which have made Orders extending the close time after the 1st August in respect either of all birds or of particular species (including cases where by protecting certain birds for the whole of the year the council has, in effect, extended the close time in respect of those birds so as to cover the whole year):
- Barnsley.
- Barrow-in-Furness.
- Bath.
- Birmingham.
- Blackpool (lapwing only).
- Bootle (all birds).
- Bournemouth.
- Bradford.
- Brighton.
- Bristol.
- Burnley.
- Burton-upon-Trent.
- Canterbury (lapwing only).
- Cardiff.
- Chester.
- Coventry.
- Croydon.
- Darlington.
- Dewsbury (lapwing only).
- Eastbourne.
- Exeter.
- Gateshead (lapwing only).
- Halifax.
- Hastings.
- Huddersfield.
- Ipswich.
- Kingston-upon-Hull.
- Leeds.
- Leicester (lapwing only).
- Lincoln.
- Liverpool (all birds).
- Manchester (all birds).
- Merthyr Tydfil.
- Middlesbrough.
- Newport (Mon.).
- Northampton.
- Norwich.
- Nottingham.
- Oldham.
- Portsmouth.
- Reading.
- Rochdale.
- Rotherham (all birds).
- St. Helens (all birds)
- Sheffield.
- Southampton.
- Southport.
- South Shields.
- Stockport.
- Swansea.
- Tynemouth.
- Wakefield.
- Walsall.
- West Bromwich.
- West Ham.
- Wigan (lapwing only).
- Great Yarmouth.
- York (lapwing only).
§ County Boroughs which have made orders adding birds to the Schedule of the Act of 1880:
| Barnsley. | Merthyr Tydfil. |
| Barrow-in-Furness. | Newport (Mon.). |
| Bath. | Northampton. |
| Birmingham. | Norwich. |
| Blackburn. | Nottingham. |
| Bournemouth. | Oldham. |
| Brighton. | Portsmouth. |
| Bristol. | Reading. |
| Burnley. | Rochdale. |
| Burton-upon-Trent. | Sheffield. |
| Cardiff. | Southampton. |
| Chester. | Southport. |
| Croydon. | Stockport. |
| Darlington. | Swansea. |
| Eastbourne. | Tynemouth. |
| Exeter. | Wakefield. |
| Halifax. | Wallasey. |
| Hastings. | Walsall. |
| Huddersfield. | Warrington. |
| Ipswich. | West Bromwich. |
| Leeds. | West Ham. |
| Lincoln. | Great Yarmouth. |