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a month in the summer time, and this near spawning time. Brook 

 trout are getting very scarce; he would also advise to stop the taking of 

 them for one year to give them a chance to get a start. Frog lights should also 

 be prohibited, as they are used in the fall and spring more for fishing in the spring 

 and trapping muskrats in the fall than they are for catching frogs, and the frogs 

 can be caught in the day time, and they may just as well use a jack light as a frog 

 light. He might say that the Game and Fisheries Laws have been well observed in 

 his division as he has not had much reason to complain. Still a close watch pre- 

 vents a lot of poaching and trouble. As to Americans, he knows of but two this 

 season, they were friends of his and he sold them fishing permits, but all residents 

 should have permits at a small fee, so as to locate the Americans. He also tbinks 

 that all trappers should pay a license of five dollars a year, and he finds that 

 most of the trappers would be pleased with this. With regard to violations, he 

 knows of but two and these by outsiders. One lives in Uxbridge and the other in 

 Toronto, and they were fined five dollars each and costs. 



Re Muskrats — The past winter was a very hard one on them, as the water was 

 so low they got frozen out to a great extent, so that the spring catch was not near 

 so good as it was in 1908, and he has found no violations in his division in respect 

 to muskrats for the above stated time. Ducks and other game are increasing 

 wonderfully, since they have been protected in the spring, but he still maintains 

 that the sale of ducks should be cut out in order to give the general public fair play 

 or otherwise limit the shoot to fifty dueks per man for the season, and thii is lots 

 for any man to kill in one season for his own use or otherwise. Partridges are also 

 on the increase since the killing of them has been prohibited, and he would advise 

 that this be extended to 1911 at least. Mink in his opinion should be protected 

 for the reason given in his report last year. He finds that two hundred yards* 

 limit for the duck hides is a good thing. Deer, which have been around his divi- 

 sion for the past two years, he has not seen just lately, but he thinks they arc still 

 around, six of them, this summer. 



Overseer Charles West, of Holland Landing, reports that there Las been very 

 little change in his division from last year. There has not been the amount of 

 fishing done this year as farmerly. The Fishery laws have been well o])served 

 during close season, except in two cases. These parties were fishing on the east 

 shore of Cook's Bay with jack lights and spear. He pursued them, but did not 

 catch them. He also found two small gill nets which he destro3'ed. 



In regard to game he has reason to believe that the partridge are on the in- 

 crease, thanks to the protection. Not many ducks stop there, as there is no rice for 

 them to eat. The carp destroyed it all. 



RiVEE St. Lav^eence. 



Overseer Nassau Acton, of Gananoque, reports that as for fishing on the St. 

 Lawrence, there is no license for netting or angling. The angling was up to the 

 average. Large quantities were shipped through the Customs Department to Clay- 

 ton, N.Y. He thinks perhaps the value of say one thousand dollars. Also a like 

 amount taken over in punts and small boats. Of course this means legal angling. 

 He is satisfied as far as he knows that there is no illegal fishing to speak of in that 

 division, as most all of the fishermen have licenses from the Department to fish on 

 Rideau waters, so there are no fishermen there to do illegal fishing. In that vicin- 



