44 THE REPORT UPON No. 13 



fish, as, in some of the inlets at the present time, all the fish are driven out by the 

 acids that come from the wire factories in the cast, and this should be stopped, 

 and such sewerage treated through the sewerage interception works there. 



He had two seines working in Burlington Bay, and about 30 tons of carp were 

 taken out this year. He also paid several visits to the back part of Halton County 

 for the purpose of organizing the protection service in that county, the result being 

 that R. M. Brown, of Milton, was appointed game and fishery overseer, in whom 

 he has great faith that he will prove an efiicient officer; two deputy wardens have 

 also been appointed to that county. 



Ofl'ences against the Game and Fisheries Act have been less this year than 

 ever. He had occasion to lift a large net in Lake Ontario, where one of his men 

 persisted in fishing on another fisherman's lots. This, with two duck shooting 

 cases, was the only serious breach of the Act. 



He has paid particular attention to the transportation of fish and game. He 

 seized several boxes of trout and whitefish which contained a very large number 

 of undersized fish, and he hardly ever opened a box without finding one or two 

 undersized. He inspected about five hundred boxes during the season, and found 

 a great improvement over 1909. Hamilton is a good place to catch fish and game 

 in transit, as it is one of the distributing stations for the express companies. A 

 large number of fish and game, furs, etc., etc., come through. He seized a number 

 of deer and moose heads, skins, etc., shipped by taxidermists who are in the ship- 

 ping business, but he hopes to have them in line in due time. 



There are no fishways in his district, but there are two mill dams in the 

 County of Halton, one on the 12 Mile Creek at Zimmerman Mills, about ten 

 miles from Bronte, where this creek empties into Lake Ontario. This is a black 

 bass creek, and is a great resort for this species of fish during the spawning 

 season. They ascend as far as Zimmerman's dam to' spawn; 13 Mile Creek is 

 well known as a black bass creek. If there were a fishway at this dam, and the 

 bass could get up, they would have a stretch of nine miles of good stream with 

 two branches running into it — splendid water for bass. He does not think that 

 carp ever gets up as far as the dam, but he saw bass last June in a deep hole close 

 below this dam. The other dam is on Oakville Creek. A fishway on this dam 

 would be of little use. 



Wild duck were very numerous this year in the Dundas Marsh, and also in 

 the marshes in Burlington Bay. He thinks it was a good thing to add the fifteen 

 days to the beginning of the season. He found that from the 1st August the 

 teal and isiummer duck commenced to come, and kept coming and staying in the 

 marshes until the 15th September, the opening day, and some sportsmen bagged 

 as high as thirty-eight the first morning. He thinks the close season should also 

 have been extended for the snipe, rail, plover and other waders, and make all 

 water shooting the same. It seems to him that bitterns and cranes should come 

 under waders, and he hears that some people consider them palatable. King- 

 fishers should be put on the free list, and shot at all times. As to the duck 

 during November and December of last year, there was any amount of ducks, 

 and during last spring thousands were down at the beach, and right up to the 

 middle of June, but very few in Dundas Marsh. At the present time (October 

 1st) there are in Dundas Marsh 1,000 ducks in among the wild rice, and if they 

 could be shot they could not be found by the hunters, as the rice is so thick and 

 the water so low. Plover, rail, etc., were plentiful. 



Muskrats are becoming much scarcer every year, and the pelts which twenty 



