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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



Miscellaneous articles: — 



Among the miscellaneous articles which were seized are included the 

 following: — 



Decoys 48 



Tarpaulins and tents 4 



Pack-sacks 14 



Haversacks 7 



Suit-cases 4 



Trunks 1 



Axes 9 



Knives 5 



Shovels 3 



Forks 1 



Metal fish containers 6 



Storage batteries 3 



Fish shanties 2 



As in the case of traps and snares, due to the minor and technical nature of 

 the ofifences which were responsible for the actual seizures, in a large percentage 

 of the cases involving fire-arms and angling equipment, man\' of these articles 

 were redeemed for nominal fees by those from whom the seizures were made. 



Prosecutions 



The statistics in the subjoined tables, and the explanatory remarks which 

 follow may prove of considerable interest to those concerned. 



INFORMATIONS 



RESULTS OF PROSECUTIONS 



Resulting from patrols and investigation, charges were laid against violators 

 in a total of 2,129 cases in which infractions of provisions of the Game and 

 Fisheries Act and Regulations, the Special Fishery Regulations for Ontario and 

 the Migratory Birds Convention Act and Regulations which had been witnessed 

 or disclosed upon investigation. 



In 2,040 of these court actions, convictions were registered b\' the xarious 

 Magistrates before whom the respective charges were heard; in 85 cases the 

 charges were dismissed for lack of sufficient substantiating evidence; and in the 

 4 remaining cases the charges were, for various reasons, withdrawn b\' the 

 officers who had been responsible for laying the same. 



