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He has visited the townships of Broder, Dill, Capreol, Neelon and Gar- 

 son in his division at different intervals, and has found nothing against the 

 game and fisheries regulations. 



Overseer Joseph Rivet, of Sturgeon Falls, reports that there were no 

 licenses issued in his division for nets of any kind, and he only sold twelve 

 angling permits. 



As for game, there was no complaint against any one, and there was 

 no illegal fishing in his district, as far as he knows. • 



Fines and Confiscations During the Year 1908 on Account of Fisheries. 



5 spears, 6 jack lights; 17 hoop nets; 111 gill nets, 10,149 yards of same; 

 18 seines ; 24 trap nets ; 14 dip nets ; 12 night lines ; 2 scoop nets, 7 boats ; 

 3 gaffs; 6 iron anchors; 33 boxes fish, 2,000 lbs. of same. 



Amount of fines fisheries, |1,575.77. 



Game, amount of fines and confiscations, |1, 524.33. 



Biological Department, 



University of Toronto, 



December 31st, 1908. 



E. Tinsley, Esq., 



Superintendent of Game and Fisheries, Toronto. 



Dear Sir, — I beg to submit the following report on operations at the 

 Biological Station, Georgian Bay, for the season of 1908. 



Those engaged at the laboratory during the summer were: Dr. E. M. 

 Walker, lecturer in Zoology; Messrs. T. R. Hanley, W. P. Thompson, and 

 J. M. Livingstone, students of the University of Toronto, and Dr. S. Silcox, 

 of the Normal School. The work was distributed as follows : Dr. Walker 

 and assistants — studies of life-histories of aquatic insects, faunistic work, 

 and studies of the time of appearance and growth of parasitic worms in 

 larval and young black bass; T. R. Hanley and J. M. Livingstone — statisti- 

 cal studies of whitefish and other species taken in gill nets; Dr. Silcox and 

 W. P. Thompson — studies of aquatic vegetation; B. A. Bensley — examina- 

 tion of the lower portion of Georgian Bay with respect to habits and dis- 

 tribution of carp, and tagging experiments with adult black bass with a view 

 to determining the movements of the fish. 



In addition to several improvements in the appliances of the labora- 

 tory, a new building, giving better living accommodations, was erected in 

 connection with the station dwelling house. 



It is a pleasure to acknowledge the courtesy of your Department in pro- 

 viding for the use of certain nets in connection with the station's work. 



Tours sincerely, 



B. A. Bensley, 



Assistant Director. 



5a G.F. 



