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There are also many cases which are sufficiently serious to warrant definite 

 confiscation to the Crown. Such articles are disposed of in annual public sales. 



Table No. 19 



Three such sales were conducted by the Department during the period under 

 review, as follows: 



May fishing tackle sale $ 807.56 



June fur sale, confiscated furs 2,457.45 



October sale of firearms and miscellaneous equipment 3,788.26 



Total $7,053.27 



During the period under review Conservation Officers in the course of their 

 operations, and in addition to many other duties, performed the following services: 



1. Seized equipment in 2,697 cases, 166 of which covered unknown persons. 



2. Prosecuted some 2,934 cases and obtained convictions in 2,692 cases. 



3. Obtained fines totalling $47,854. 



4. Realized $12,373.77 from the sale of confiscated articles. 



5. Aided in distribution of millions of fish and the re-stocking of thousands of 

 pheasants. 



6. Spent a great deal of time, after hours, working with organized groups in the 

 interest of conservation. 



GAME FISH SECTION 



Hatcheries and Rearing Stations 



Excellent progress was made in the culture and distribution of the various 

 species of both commercial and game fish which were reared in 27 provincial hatcheries 

 this year. The total output of fish was in excess of any yearly distribution since 1943. 



It is of particular interest that 37,550 maskinonge fingerlings, ranging in size 

 from 2" to 7", were distributed to suitable waters. This number is greater than that 

 of any previous distribution and followed special investigation of waters to insure for 

 the species a high degree of suitability. 



Another important item was the re-stocking of Trout Lake, in Widdifield 

 Township, District of Nipissing, with 800 Ouananiche fingerlings. These were the 

 result of spawn-taking operations on this lake in the autumn of the previous year. 

 The breeding stock has resulted from Ouananiche yearlings which the former Depart- 

 ment of Game and Fisheries originally planted in Trout Lake in 1935. 



Pembroke Trout Rearing Station was closed during the year so that extensive 

 repairs and alterations could be made in order to increase the efficiency of the 

 hatchery. 



