40 THE EEPOET UPON No. 13 



Overseer Angus Brishin, of Picton, reports that he has about the same number 

 of gill-net fishermen as last year — forty-two, but there is an increase in night 

 lines', and there are now sixteen. He is under the impression that the fishing is 

 short in North Marysburg waters, as fish have been very scarce all season. 



In Point Travers it has been fairly good, and in Main Ducks as good as the 

 average. 



He has not any fault to find with the way the laws have been observed. 



He has made four trips to Main Ducks this year, and in all has travelled 1,609 

 miles by boat. 



Overseer D. Conger, of West Lake, reports that the catch of whitefish and 

 salmon trout has not been good this year on account of the frequent storms on 

 the lake, which have interfered with the fishing considerably during the busy 

 season. He has been over his territory on different occasions, and is satisfied that 

 the licensed fishermen observed the laws. 



He has seized at West Lake one set of hoop nets, one seine and about 700 

 yards of gill net, which he delivered to Overseer Brisbin, at Picton, according to 

 instructions which he received from the Department, but could not find out the 

 owners of them. 



Regarding game. There were any amount of ducks in East and West Lake 

 in the spring and fall of the year. 



Muskrats and mink are scarce in his division. He also seized 26 traps which 

 he found set in muskrat houses last winter. 



He entered an action against some parties, and had them appear before Capt. 

 Hunter for trapping in muskrat houses, but could not convict them. 



Partridge are very scarce. Black squirrels are plentiful. The game laws have 

 been fairly well observed. 



Overseer P. W. Dafoe, of Napanee, reports : From the great quantity of fish 

 shipped from the shipping ports of Napanee and Deseronto, he is led to believe the 

 season has been unusually good for the fishermen. Excepting the Napanee River, 

 above its mouth, the waters this season have been unusually low; outside of the 

 deep channel they are continually stirred up by the steamers, and it is hard to get 

 a hoop net under water, so fishing of all kinds in the river has been comparatively 

 a failure this year. He has lately returned from visiting nearly all the fishermen 

 on the river and Hay Bay, and, with the exception of the upper part of the river, 

 he found a happy and contented lot of people; no complaints, fishermen and 

 farmers agreeing that the law is supreme and well observed. 



The price of fish has been good, mostly going to the United States. He hopes 

 to get some whitefish in Lime Lake at the proper time, as they are again asked for 

 by the people. 



He has many applications for domestic licenses for Lime Lake and White Lake 

 and Salmon River, and he thinks they should get them. There are lots of fish. 

 The sawdust in Salmon River is well looked after. Last year he took some twenty 

 nets for illegal fishing. This year, after spending much more time, only one short 

 net was taken. This shows progress. 



From reports, deer are quite plentiful out north, but they will get the facts 

 wlien the hunters return. 



Partridge are very plentiful. In fact they have had a flock hatched out and 

 raised in their lilac bushes in the old Town of Napanee. He shot one from the 

 front door. 



