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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



live animals, for which we get a much better price than for the pelts alone. Furs 

 were taken which were sold to the amount of $3,322.65. We did not take out a 

 large quantity owing to the state of the market. The annual increase of beaver 

 must now be many thousand ; it is therefore evident many can be taken out yearly 

 and still retain a large part of the annual increase. Otter, mink, marten and 

 fisher are also very abundant, while deer are in evidence in large numbers every- 

 where. The territory all round the park is a favourite hunting ground for several 

 large clubs, and, of course, the deer from the park keep these sections replenished. 



Some of last year's catch, Algonquin, Provincial Park. 



Lumbering in the park during the past year has almost been at a standstill, owing 

 to the difficulty in getting men, and the depression in the market caused by the 

 war. 



We have had only a few minor breaches of the law, and I am glad to say 

 conditions in that respect have very much improved. Several guns liave been 

 confiscated and sent to Toronto, as required by the park regulations. The 

 Northern Development Branch under your instructions has made a great improve- 

 ment in the roads from headquarters to Big Island lake, a distance of ten miles, 



