Report of the Department of Lands and Forests for fiscal year ending March 31, 1950 



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Table No. 17 

 RESULTS OF PROSECUTION 



Table No. 18 



CONVICTIONS FOR FISCAL 



Angling without non-resident licences — 188 

 Exporting over limit, or undersized fish, 



or without coupons 45 



Angling with more than one line 22 



Fishing other than by angling 1S8 



Illegal possession of gill nets 42 



Taking undersized or over limit of fish 168 



Illegal possession of fish in closed season 224 



Setting nets in restricted areas _ 9 



Taking fish by use of artificial lights 16 



Angling in restricted waters 27 



Guiding without licence and violation of 



condition of guide's licence 18 



Hunting without licence 637 



Hunting in closed season 80 



Hunting in prohibited hours 141 



Hunting deer without licenced guides, 



Kenora and Rainy River districts 9 



Hunting with unplugged shotguns 113 



Huntings ducks from a power boat 6 



Jacklighting deer 20 



Illegal possession of game in closed season 128 



Commercial fishing without licences 14 



Filleting fish for export 2 



Allow fish or game to spoil _ S 



Pollution of waters -— 1 



Illegal possession of female deer or fawn. 13 



Trespassing 5 



Killing moose in closed season 12 



Illegal possession of bull frogs 7 



•Antedating licences S 



Transporting unsealed deer 13 



Keeping animals in captivity without 



licence 1 



YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1950 



Setting snares 2 



Transferring hunting or fishing licences.— 11 



Loaded firearms in motor vehicles 164 



Illegal possession of firearms in Crown 



Game Preserves or Provincial Parks ... 88 

 Illegal possession of firearms in lumber 



and mining camps, etc. 42 



Firearms not encased or dismantled at 



night 7 



Shooting across highways or from motor 



cars 13 



Allow dogs to run at large 20 



Hunting with unlicenced dogs 2 



Hunting migratory birds and pheasants 



with rifle 21 



Obstructing an officer 1.^ 



Taking hen pheasants 3 



Killing wild native birds 6 



Trapping without licence 68 



Illegal possession of furs 74 



Trapping during closed season 10 



Set traps in muskrat and beaver houses .. 8 

 Trap in Game Preserves and Provincial 



Parks 3 



Operating Tourist Outfitters' Camps 



without licences 9 



Violation of condition of fur buyers' 



licence 2 



Importing live minnows 2 



Operating fur farms without licences 2 



Failure to make fur dealers' returns 1 



Breaking beaver dams 2 



Setting nets without tags or buoys 2 



2,704 



Charges were laid against violators in a total of 2,946 cases in which infrac- 

 tions of the legislation and regulations it is our duty to enforce had either been wit- 

 nessed or disclosed upon investigation. 



In 2,704 cases convictions were registered. Charges were dismissed in 102 

 cases. Charges were withdrawn in 140 cases for various reasons such as where two 

 or more charges were originally laid against an individual, or for lack of supporting 

 evidence when the case was further investigated 



Many violations were of an extremely important nature, such as: 



Illegal taking and possession of beaver 



Unlawful hunting and trapping in Crown Game Preserves and Provincial Parks 



