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ible as guides to those who require them. I had a barge built on Eva Lake for 

 the purpose of getting in suppHes, but the boat with which we tow it is not 

 at all satisfactory. It is equipped with a 5 horsepower twin-cylinder Waterman 

 engine, two of which were purchased three years ago. The hull of both boats 

 are in good condition, and I would recommend that heavier power be purchased 

 for each boat. 



Moose and deer are very plentiful, and also fur-bearing animals, particularly 

 beaver, which are increasing very fast. Partridge are so numerous I have 

 counted thirty-eight in the door-yard on one occasion. 



I have the honour to be. Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



Hugh McDonald, 



The Honourable Beniah Bowman, 



Minister of Lands and Forests, 



Toronto, Ontario. 



Appendix No. 42. 

 Algonquin Provincial Park of Ontario, 



Honourable Sir, — I beg to hand you my annual report for the fiscal 

 year ending October 31st, 1921. 



Our staff for the past year has been composed of thirty-five rangers, house- 

 keeper and superintendent. Three of the old staff were retired, having reached 

 the age set by the Act, and three new men appointed to replace them. 



During the hunting and trapping season these men have been constantly 

 travelling their sections, and owing to the lack of employment generally, they 

 have been kept constantly on the move, the temptation to do some illegal 

 trapping being too great for men who, if otherwise employed, would not do so. 

 No doubt some parties have succeeded in getting away with furs, which, consider- 

 ing the vast area and the many means of entrance into the Park, is not to be 

 wondered at. However, I feel our men have done their best and have kept the 

 Park comparatively clear of poachers. Several have been routed out and their 

 traps and supplies taken, and some have been brought in to stand their trials. 

 Fines have been imposed to the amount of $110, and all traps, etc., taken. 



Game of all kinds has very much increased, especially the deer, which are 

 to be seen in numbers wherever you go in the Park. Partridge (ruffled grouse) 

 loo are more plentiful than they have been for many years, the past winter 

 having been most favourable both to deer and grouse. Beaver, mink, marten, 

 fisher and otter are also abundant everywhere. Even the sections, such as Joe 

 Lake, where so many were taken out for years, have filled up again. No trapping 

 has been done by the rangers this year in accordance with instructions, and 

 no live animals of any kind shipped from the park. Wolves are numerous in 

 some sections despite the fact that the rangers wage constant warfare upon them, 

 and a great many deer are destroyed by these brutes. Our men have poison 



