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railway connection, a good boat livery, and an extra good lot of guides, 

 who by the way are good cooks, and best of all plenty of fish, which is 

 natural, as Newboro is the higest point between Kingston and Ottawa, and 

 in the centre of Rideau Lakes. 



Overseer Hugh Wilson of Elphin, reports the game and fishery laws 

 to have been well observed in that section. 



Six years ago some 60,000 whitefish and 30,000 salmon were put in 

 Dalhousie Lake, and no one has ever seen them since. This year 70,000 

 pickerel were put in the same lake, and they seem to be doing well. There 

 were no fishery licenses sold in his division in 1908. 



Partridges were plentiful. He thinks they should not be killed for a few 

 years yet. 



Overseer F. L. Womnoortli, of Arden, reports that there are two sum- 

 mer hotels in Arden. With the exception of two fines for net fishing, the 

 law has been well kept in that district. In each case the parties were fined 

 |5 and costs. He sold only two settlers' permits for fishing, and they only 

 caught a little over a 100 lbs. each of herring. There are quite a number of 

 tourists coming there every summer. He has sold a good number of non- 

 resident permits, but only a couple of deer licenses. 



The fishing in that locality is very good, the principal fish caught being 

 pickerel and bass, and the ling and catfish are destroying the spawn of those 

 fish. He thinks the |2 angling permit is a good thing, and very few non- 

 residents object to paying this amount. He had quite a time last summer 

 with sawdust by parties allowing it to go into the river and lake, but he 

 thinks there will be none of that this summer. 



He says the lakes there are in need of some bass, and that they do well 

 in those waters. 



There are no fishways in this district. The non-residents enjoy the 

 fishing, and were well satisfied with what they caught. They did not violate 

 the law with refrence to the size caught. 



Deer are very scarce. Most of the residents are pleased with the close 

 season for partridges. In other years there were a great many partridges 

 killed, but he does not know of one case where there were any birds killed 

 this season. There are a lot of mink caught around there. He thinks they 

 should be protected, as they are the most valuable fur bearing animal in 

 that part of Ontario. 



Overseer D. E. Young husband, of South March, reports that there has 

 been no fishing of any account in his division. Angling was very poor. 

 The only fish obtained there are pike, sturgeon, suckers, bullheads, perch, 

 sunfish, and an occasional bass and pickerel. 



He would suggest that the Government consider the advisability of 

 stocking Lake Constance and the Ottawa River with trout such as are found 

 in the Rideau Lakes and other waters of the Province. 



Peterborough, Northumberland, Victoria and Other Inland 



Counties. 



Overseer William Boler, of Byron, reports that the fish and game laws 

 have been very well observed. No violations have come to his immediate 

 notice. He saw only one partridge during 1908. Quail are also becoming 

 scarcer. He saw one flock of wild geese numbering fifty about the middle of 

 October. Black squirrels are not any more numerous than they were a year 

 ago. He would ask the Department to put them on the prohibited list for 

 1909. 



