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and line and shipped from there. In the months of June and July he examined 

 several lots and found half of them were very little over the fifteen inches. He 

 thinks the shipping for commercial purposes should be stopped, or the number 

 •of inches raised to twenty. He sold thirty-four permits, and these parties reported 

 they had no trouble getting all the fish they were allowed. Ling and bullheads 

 are very numerous, but as the Department is placing hoop nets in Bobs Lake, it 

 will do a lot in keeping them in check. He visited Salmon Shoal on Crown Lake 

 on the night of October 26th with a light. There were two ling for every salmon 

 there that night. The law is being better observed than in former years. He 

 thinks the people are beginning to see that the object of the Department is not to 

 take fish and game from them, but to protect them. 



Deer are reported to be in larger numbers in that district than for five years. 

 Mink are very scarce, and muskrat also, owing, it is said, to the winter of 1908 

 being a hard one. 



Overseer E. T. Loveday, of Ottawa, reports that he has made a number of 

 trips throughout his whole district, and has made short trips weekly. Fishing has 

 been fair, some good sized ones having been taken. He had one pickerel that 

 weighed IOI/2 lbs.; one 40 lbs., 2 or 3" of 30 lbs., and quite a few around 10 lbs. 

 maskinonge have b.een caught. He caught seven small-mouthed black bass one 

 afternoon, two of which weighed 4I/2 lbs each. He would strongly urge that a 

 supply of small black bass be put in Lake Deschenes (Ottawa Eiver, some ten miles 

 above Ottawa), and that all licenses be cut off in head waters of Ottawa — Lake 

 Temiscaming. 



Any reports he has had of Eideau Eiver and lakes, and his own experience 

 while on a trip from Ottawa to Kingston, when he tried angling on some of the 

 beautiful lakes, go to show that fishing is poor. There is far better fishing within 

 ten miles of Ottawa, in Ottawa Eiver, for bass, etc., and much better up the 

 <jatineau district. He is afraid that if the fishing does not improve, most of the 

 wealthy Americans who come every year will stop coming. Let them once find 

 out that they can get what they want — good sport — in the Gatineau, Lievre, and 

 Pontiac district (and they can within 50 miles of Ottawa — bass, lake, speckled 

 trout and brook trout), and they will come to Montreal instead of Kingston, and 

 come up the Ottawa Eiver in their yachts, then by train to the Gatineau lakes. He 

 fished in five lakes while on his trip to Kingston — lovely lakes and pretty islands, 

 and he caught one bass, and he believes he got the only one around, for he (or she) 

 took frog ravenously. This is just a hint. Keep the sports in Ontario if possible. 



He has investigated several reports of illegal fishing, etc. 



Early in the year Captain Hunter and he took a scouting trip to Pembroke 

 After searching a few places under a search warrant, they struck luck in one store. 

 Stowed away behind a lot of furniture they found a large trunk, which, when 

 opened, was found to be full of fur — muskrat, mink, etc. The owner stated most 

 ■emphatically that they had got all there was on the premises, but this did not 

 satisfy the Captain, for he figured that, as the owner had already told them about 

 half a dozen lies, he, the owner, was most likely still lying. On an upper shelf, 

 and away back behind a lot of boxes, they found 14 beaver skins. This party paid 

 a heavy fine, and lost all his skins, which were sold for about $200. 



Seizures : January 10, Venison, Sent to Orphans Home. One box of fish, sold 

 for $5. Two boxes of fish, sold for .... Twenty bags of skins, sold for $20. Janu- 

 ary 25, 3" boxes of fish, sold for $7. One box hares. — sent to Institute. January 

 28, $2,000 worth of fur. Owners paid $400 to settle case. February 6, $1,000 



