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what hard to follow the rocky points and marshlands, and nothing more tiuin 

 local interest is taken in the sport. Beaver are increasing very fast, and are be- 

 conring quite plentiful north of Blind Biver and other points. 



He is not prepared to speak definitely of the mink and muskrat, as to whether 

 they are as numerous as last year or not, as very little mention is made about them. 



He would recommend that guide licenses be forwarded to the Overseer in 

 blank, requiring only to be endorsed by the Warden or Overseer, as it is necessary 

 for a guide to be recommended. The Department depends entirely on such recom- 

 mendation when issuing guide licenses, and he could be depended on to use the 

 same judgment in endorsing the license that he would do in recommending it to 

 be issued by the Department, as a guide seldom knows in advance if he will be 

 employed, and if he could secure one by applying to the Overseer, it would be an 

 advantage without waiting for a reply from the Department. In a large district 

 like his, it is necessary to be in a position to act at once, as it is doubtful of seeing 

 a guide more than once in a season. 



Overseer Andrew Hall, of Gore Bay, reports : The brook trout and bass were 

 very plentiful during the season, a large number being caught, and the law being 

 closely observed. 



In the fall of 1910 he made a number of prosecutions under the Game Laws. 

 As the meaning of the Order-in-Council regulating the killing of deer at that time 

 was not clear, a number of people in that district thought they did not require a 

 license to hunt deer. They were prosecuted and fined by the Police Magistrate, but 

 on appeal to the District Judge the convictions were quashed. There were also a 

 number of convictions for killing mink and muskrats during the close season. 



The Order-in-Council of 1911 re killing deer seems to meet with the approval 

 of the people in his district. 



Red deer are very plentiful on the Manitoulin Island, but moose are almost 

 extinct. 



Ducks are plentiful, but not many killed, as they seem to migrate before the 

 open season. 



Partridge are very plentiful, large numbers being killed. He would again 

 recommend that a limit be put on the "bag" each person is allowed. 



The game and fishery regulations have been reasonably well observed. 



Overseer Joseph Hembruf, of Manitowaning, reports: The angling for bass 

 has been fairly good this year, there having been lots of bass caught that weighed 

 four pounds. The bass do not seem to be getting any less than they have been. 

 There have been more tourists on the lake this year than ever before. Speckled 

 trout are very scarce this year. 



The partridge are more plentiful than they have been for years. Ducks are 

 about the same as last year. Deer are more plentiful. The Game Laws have been 

 well observed. 



Overseer William Hunter, of Tehhummah, reports that fishing in Manitou 

 River and Bluejay Creek was not as good this year as in former years, as Bluejay 

 Creek is nearly full of down timber, and Manitou Eiver is very low, the last two 

 summers especially. Two fishways are needed on Manitou River — one at Michael's 

 Bay and one at the foot of Manitou I^ake. There is a dam at Michael's Bay and 

 one at Manitou Lake, and fish can neither get up nor down. 



Partridges are not as plentiful as they should be there, though they are in- 

 creasing, and if there was a close season for three years more it would be better. 



