30 THE EEPORT UPON No. 13 



any violations of the game laws. Game is very scarce in that section of the country. 



The fishery laws were well observed, both regarding angling and the lake 

 fishing with nets, with the exception of sucker fishing. There were a number of 

 complaints about people fishing with nets, which he investigated, and found that all 

 of the nets used to fish for suckers were a short net fastened to sticks, and the 

 parties had to wade into the water up as far as their waists sometimes. On one 

 occasion he seized a short seining net which was* being used to catch suckers, and 

 destroyed the same. He cannot give a report as to the quantity of fish caught, but 

 from the best information he could obtain, it will be on an average with last year. 

 The black bass seemed to be on the increase in the River Credit. 



Overseer FranTc Warden, of Couriice, reports that fish have been very scarce this 

 season, and it is thought that it is carp that is killing them. 



Early in the season the marshes were full of pike, ciscoes, and other small fish, 

 and in June, when the carp came in, the others' went out. As for game, ducks are 

 about the only game that is hunted, and they have been most awfully scarce. He 

 has seen them pass over in very large flocks and not stop at the lake front. 



Counties Frontenac, Leeds, Prescott, Russell, Carleton, Renfrew, 



Lanark, Grenville. 



Overseer Samuel Andrews, of MicJcshurg, reports that he has kept a close watch 

 in his division and found less infringements of the Game and Fishery Act than in 

 previous year. 



Ten licenses were issued for fishing for coarse fish. A very small quantity of 

 fish were taken by those to whom licenses were issued, as they were fishing merely 

 for their own use. He destroyed two gill nets, which were illegally set, but was 

 unable to find the owners. 



Fish are not increasing as they should. He cannot account for this, unless it 

 is the large quantity of suckers that frequent the waters and destroy the spawn of 

 other fish. Partridge are still scarce, but increasing under the wise protection now 

 afforded them, which should be continued for a few years yet. Deer are increasing 

 in this county, and are coming down into the settled parts of the country. There 

 have been no infractions of the game laws brought to his notice this year, and he 

 feels satisfied that the game law is strictly observed, as most of the sportsmen think 

 it their duty to help to protect the game, but there is a tract of country lying 

 between the County of Renfrew and the Algonquin Park, where pot-hunters gather 

 in the fall and forepart of the winter and. slaughter a great number of deer. This 

 should be looked after and stopped, as it has been going on for a number of years. 

 It is outside of his territory, therefore he cannot bring them to justice. 



Beavers are increasing, and are working their way down the rivers and small 

 streams, further into this county. Muskrat and other small fur-bearing animals are 

 still scarce, but a little better than previous years. 



Overseer George Barr, of Harrow smith, reports that on March Ist he visited dam 

 on Fourteen Island Lake, examined it carefully, and found no fishway; visited 

 again on April 17th, found it still closed and no fishways, and from information he 

 can get there never has been a fishway there, which he considered an injury to the 

 propagation of fish. 



