268 KEPORT OF ONTARIO GAME No. 52 



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thait with our muffler, auid under water exhaust, this outlit will be abso- 

 lutely noiseless, and, if used at night, the protective officers can 

 approach to within a very few yards of poachers, etc., Avithout being 

 heard. It appears to us that this ought to be quite a feature for this 

 particular service." 



In recommending these types of boats for the Fisheries Pix)tective 

 Service your Commissioner only does so with the proviso that the engi- 

 neers of the larger class, and the officers in charge of the smaller craft, 

 shall hold certiflcateis of proficiency from a reliable firm of gasoline 

 engine manufacturers, and that no inexperienced or untrained man 

 shall be allowed to handle them. This would, of course, entail some of 

 the men having to pass some weeks in the shops, but the advantages 

 accruing in immunity from breakdowns and general €are of the engines, 

 would more than compensate in the long run for any slight expense or 

 inconvenience incurred, and the adoption of such regulation would be 

 in the interests of true economy. 



In this interim report your Commissioner does not deal with what, 

 in his opinion, should be the full equipment for the Province of boats 

 of the types indicated. He has, however, selected an area, Georgian Bay 

 and portions of Lake Superior and Lake Huron, as one which he con- 

 siders to be urgently in need of an improved Fishery Protective Service. 



He would recommend to Your Honour that six (6) boats of the 

 Class B type be acquired by the Province and be stationed on the area 

 above mentioned, with the following apportionment of patrol districts: 



1. The easterly portions of Lake Superior to St. Joseph's Island. 



2. From St. Joseph's Island to the west end of Georgian Bay about 

 Killarney, taking both sides of Manitoulin and the Ducks. 



3. Killarney to Point au Baril. 



4. Point an Baril, taking in the rest of Georgian Bay, down to 

 Penetanguishene. 



5. Penetanguishene to Tobermory, including Cove Island and sur- 

 rounding islands. 



6. Tobermory down to Goderich. 



For these boats he recommends a crew of three, all of whom should 

 be appointed deputy overseers, to consist of : 



A captain, who should have a thorough knowledge of the waters in 

 which he is to cruise, previous experience as a professional mariner and, 

 if possible, in the handling of small boats, and be used to taking com- 

 mand. 



An engineer, who shall have a certificate of proficiency from a reli- 

 able firm of gasoline engine manufacturers. 



A cook who shall have had reasonable experience as such, be pre- 

 pared to act as general utility man, and at the same time be experienced 

 in the handling of oars, and of sufficient intelligence to undertake, when 

 necessiary, the duties of his office as deputy overseer. 



All three men must possess the attribute of personal fearlessness. 



