which the trapllne Is located. All trapping of beaver, fisher, lynx and 

 marten Is on a quota basis only, set by the Department. Quotas are set for 

 fisher, lynx and marten for registered trapllnes only. All beaver, fisher, 

 lynx, marten, mink and otter are to be sealed by a Department Officer before 

 being sold by the trapper. 

 Migratory Birds 



Duck hunters In Ontario were allowed a dally bag limit of eight 

 ducks during the 1955 hunting season. This bag limit does not Include 

 mergansers, and may Include not more than one wood duck. Five geese, twenty- 

 five rails, coots and galllnules (in the aggregate), eight Wilson* s snipe, 

 eight woodcock and eight mourning doves may also be taken each day In this 

 Province, and the possession limit for all Is two days' bag. 



Open seasons will be as follows: (all dates Inclusive) Ducks, 

 geese, rails, coots, galllnules, mourning doves, woodcock and Wilson's snipe 

 In the Northern District, September 15th to December 15th; In the Central 

 District, September 17th to December 15th; In the Southern District, October 1st 

 to December 15th (except that In Essex County the open season for geese Is 

 October 1st to December 31st, Inclusive). 



The Northern District of Ontario comprises that part of the 

 Province lying north of a line described as follows: Commencing at the point 

 where the right of way of the Canadian National Railway Intersects the east 

 boundary of the Province near Goodwin Station; thence westerly along the said 

 right of way of the Canadian National Railway through Cochrane, Kapuskaslng, 

 Hearst and Sloxix Lookout to the Intersection of the said right of way with the 

 west boijndary of the Province near White Station, 



The Southern District of Ontario comprises: those parts of Muskoka 



District and Slmcoe County lying west of Highway 69; In Ontario County, those 



parts of the townships of Rama, Mara, Thorah, Brock, and Reach lying west of 



Highways 69 and 12, and the townships of Scott, Uxbrldge, Pickering, Whitby 



and East Whitby; In Durham County, the townships of Darlington and Clarke; 



and the Counties of Brant, Bruce, Dufferln, Elgin, Essex, Grey, Haldlraand, 



Halton, Huron, Kent, Lambton, Lincoln, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxford, Peel, Perth, 



Waterloo, Welland, V/elllngton, Wentworth and York. 



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