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Province. I would recommend that the number allowed each shooter be limited 

 to 50 in one season. I would also recommend that all trappers be licensed, and that 

 a close season be made for foxes. The sale of ducks should be prohibited entirely 

 for three years. I think that the use of monitors of any kind or shape should be 

 made illegal. 



Your obedient servant, 

 Alf. Huntek. 



Inspector. 



GAME AND FISHERIES WAEDEXS. 

 Warden Wm. Burt, of Simcoe, reports: 



Speckled Trout. 



That these game fish have increased in his district, but the increase is only 

 noted in those streams where the fry supplied by the Department were planted. 

 During the past summer, sportsmen report catching a great many small trout, 

 which they threw back, and he has no doubt are the fry that were planted in the 

 different streams. 



Bas.s!. 



The bass fishing in Long Point Bay has again been excellent. When the bass 

 were biting, and weather conditions were favorable, any angler could easily catch 

 his legal number of fish in an hour or two. 



COMMEECTAL FiSH. 



The fishermen report that the gill-net fishing has been as good, and prob- 

 ably a little better, than last year. The seines, however, have not been tis suc- 

 cessful. The only catches of any quantity that the latter nets have made have been 

 either the carp or other soft fish of comparatively little commercial value. Tlie 

 experiment with the carp ponds has proved more successful. A number of the 

 fishermen report that catching the carp when they were plentiful, and the price 

 naturally low, they put them in the ponds where they could take them out when 

 th.e fish were scarcer, and the price higher. In this way they have been able to 

 got a reasonable price for these coarse fish. While it has been demonstrated that 

 this manner of handling the fish is a success, the fishermen still report that a 

 number of the fish seem either to bury themselves in the mud. or otherwise avoid 

 being caught when it is attempted to take them out of the ponds. 



Quail and Ruffed Grouse. 



The quail are very scarce in his district. From all reports, he should say 

 that there has not been any increase or decrease in these birds. 



The ruffed grouse, however, have increased very materially. The summer has 

 been so warm and dry that it has been an ideal one for breeding. The consequence 

 is that in the few covers that are left in his district, the birds are more plentiful than 

 they have been for several years. 



