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cially and otherwise. AlthougTi he has returned more money to the Department 

 for non-resident angling permits than any previous season, it has come with a good 

 grace. He has not met one American wishing to angle in the waters of his district 

 but was willing and goodnatured about paying $2 for a permit. They think it fair 

 and just, and that the fishery laws of Ontario are good and reasonable to non- 

 residents. The fishing has been extremely good, and this accounts largely for his 

 success this season. When the fishing is good, it is easy for the overseer to be a 

 favorite with the angling tourists. On the 18th October on the Big Eideau Lake 

 about eleven o'clock at night, he found a party of four men fishing for salmon with 

 gill nets, which is contrary to law. He seized their nets and fish, and laid a com- 

 plaint against them. On the 21st he assisted in the seizure of five sets of hoop 

 nets in the Eiver Styx, near Kingston Mills. The salmon spawn in October, and 

 they come up in the shallow waters and are easily caught. The old time poachers 

 arc hard to watch, but this season the overseers have got a gait on, and a lot of 

 poachers have been pinched by the J. P.'s, and others waiting their turn. The 

 local J. P.'s are not severe enough; the maximum amount should be imposed. 



Overseer J. H. Phillips, of Smiths Falls, reports that 'he left Smiths Falls 

 on May 16th to go to Kingston to take charge of the steamer " Ella C." He 

 left Kingston on May 17th, and kept up a constant patrol all summer until 

 the 6th October, when he turned her over to Capt. Fleming to patrol the Bay of 

 Quinte the remainder of the season. 



The fishing in the Eideau, on the average, is somewhat better than in former 

 years. The salmon fishing has improved considerably and has not been excelled 

 for quite a number of years. The close season for salmon should be in October 

 instead of November, in his opinion, as they run about the middle of October 

 in the Eideau. He thinks the sale of salmon for the market should be stopped, 

 as the guides for the Eideau Lakes fish and sell for the market from the time 

 the ice goes until the tourists begin to come. The bass fishing was not extra 

 during the first part of the season, but there were many good catches later on 

 in the season. 



The Eideau is improving every year as a summer resort, and the number of 

 tourists who were there this summer exceeded the number of preceding years, 

 every summer home and boarding house being crowded. Altogether there were 

 about eighteen new cottages erected on the banks of the Eideau Lake. 



The fishery laws and regulations were well observed. He had but three con- 

 victions, the first being a man using gill nets in Otter Creek. He had him 

 fined $10.00 and costs. The next offence was a party shooting on a Sunday, and 

 taking rats out of season. This conviction was on November 29th, 1909. On 

 October 18th he seized one gill net in the Big Eideau. 



He adds that he found the steamer " Ella C." to be a good boat for the 

 patrol service of the Eideau, and he finds that it has the desired effect in stopping 

 illegal fishing. Last winter, by the use of hoop nets, many tons of ling, a most 

 destructive fish, were taken out of the Eideau. The work has been most favourably 

 spoken of by those who visit and live on the lake. He would recommend that 

 the work of cleaning the lake of ling be carried on until they are fairly well 

 cleaned out. 



The ducks are more plentiful this year than last. The partridge are also in- 

 creasing in numbers, owing to the close season put on by the Department. 



Overseer H. R. Purcell, of ColehrooTc, reports that the fishing for bass and 

 pickerel in the several lakes in his division is said to be good. Most of the tourists 



