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grounds, and in his mind the only way to get rid of the svicker is to allow a few- 

 pound nets in the vicinity of Agawa Bay, or where the sucker is most plentiful, on 

 the north shore, and bind the men that would have the pound nets to destroy the 

 suckers that were caught. He would not be in favor of fishing in the fall with the 

 pound nets. 



Ducks are not plentiful, owing to no feeding grounds along the north shore ot 

 Lake Superior. If the Government would have wild rice planted along the shore 

 of Lake Superior and the inland lakes the ducks and geese would come there and 

 increase. 



Geese are scarce, also quail, woodcock and black and grey squirrels. 



Partridge is very plentiful there, and are on the increase each year. In his 

 experience there for 15 years he finds there are more birds this year than he has 

 ever seen in that time. 



Beaver is getting very plentiful in spite of prosecutions. Some of them are 

 caught, and it is hard to stop the illegal practice, but they have made it harder for 

 the poachers to get rid of the skins. 



Mink is fairly plentiful. There is a good number taken each year, but they 

 seem to hold their own. The trapping regulations have been well observed. 



Otter is not plentiful. 



Muskrat is fairly plentiful ; they seem to be on the increase, but the law for 

 trapping all fur-bearing animals should commence the first of November, tben it 

 would be easier to watch the trappers. All 'Canadian trappers should pay a license, 

 say, $5.00. 



Eed deer is very plentiful ; they are on the increase each year. There was not 

 as many shot in the season of 1910 as in 1909. The law was well observed in the 

 season of 1910. 



Moose is on the increase there. He finds them numerous all over his district. 

 There was not as many shot in the season of 1910 as in former years. The special 

 patrol system they have there in the hunting season is a grand thing to protect the 

 game, as hunters are afraid to break the law. 



Wolves are not as plentiful as they were two years ago there, but there 

 are too many of them yet for the benefit of the deer. There was a number of them 

 killed in the winter of 1911 by trappers and hunters, and he thinks if the bounty 

 was raised to $35 there would be more interest taken to destroy them. 



Trappers should all pay a license. They are a class of people that pay no 

 revenue to the Province, and they make a big profit out of their furs. This license 

 system would bring quite a revenue to the Government. All trappers that are 

 British subjects should pay $10. It would help to protect the fur-bearing animals. 



Guns. — This is a matter that will have to be taken up with the Game /and 

 Fisheries Department sooner or later, and the sooner the better; that is, to put a 

 gun license on everyone that carries a gun. There is a class of people there that 

 cannot go out unless they have a gun with them ; that is, the foreign people, and 

 they shoot everything in sight ; and it would take a lot of men to watch them. 

 The law-abiding people want to see a gun license put on them. He would have a 

 chance to^ take their guns away from them. Two dollars would not be too much 

 for a gun license. 



He must say that the Canadian people "in his district have obeyed the law well 

 this year. There have been a few violations, but principally by men from a foreign 

 country, and all that have been caught have paid the penalty, which he thinks will 

 be a lesson to others to not violate the law. 



