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9. All matters and things relating to fish and game which may 

 assist in the efficient management of the Game and Fisheries Branch of 

 the public service in Ontario, or be of economic advantage to the Pro- 

 vince. 



In entering upon the duties assigned to him, your Commissioner 

 confidently anticipated bringing his labours to a conclusion within the 

 space of a few months, counting upon the proposed International Fish- 

 eries Treaty (dealing with the international waters of the Great Lakes, 

 and promulgation of which was promised originally for about Decem- 

 ber 1st) to remove many of the most difficult and vexed problem's con- 

 nected with the fisheries, and, also, be it admitted, not fully realizing 

 the immensity of the work entrusted to him. Owing mainly to the 

 unexpected delay in the promulgation of the International Fisheries 

 Treaty, and also in a measure to the great range and intricacy of the 

 questions to be dealt with, the necessity of collating evidence and data 

 only obtainable by personal investigation and enquiry in widely-scat- 

 tered localities, and the desirability of studying various aspects of 

 certain of the questions involved during the different seasons of the 

 year to Avhich they are peculiarly pertinent, your Commissioner has 

 been unable to complete a report on all the questions called for by the 

 Commission. In view, however, of the fact that a close study of the 

 main factors in the present-day situation has decided your Commis- 

 sioner to urge strongly upon Your Honour the adoption of certain 

 broad principles, involving changes in the Government administrative 

 service and expenditure of public moneys, 3'our Commissioner has 

 embodied the same in this interim report, in order that the principles 

 may receive Your Honour's consideration while the details are being 

 prepared for inclusion in his final report; and, in addition, he deals with 

 s-uch other questions as he considers it expedient to bring promptly to 

 Your Honour's attention. 



Wardens and Overseers. 



Under the stress of modern civilization the jack-of-all-trades is 

 rapidly being replaced by the specialist in every branch of business and 

 commercial life. It is not sufficient for a man to be a respectable citi- 

 zen, Avith just enough knowledge of his profession to enable him to 

 disguise his own incapacity beneath a veneer of self-assurance. To get 

 on in the world, to make good, a man must know his gun — lock, stock, 

 and barrel; his business from top to bottom and inside out. The pro- 

 fessional man grasps this, and attunes himself to the situation; the 

 business man realizes it, and, as employer, demands it of his employees. 

 Unfortunately, however, in the machinery for the enforcement of tlie 

 regulations, designed to conserve for the people some of the natural food 

 resources of the Province, this most important fact seems to have been 

 neglected, or, at least, overlooked. 



